18 hours per week (including 4 evenings per week during term time)
Flexible daytime hours
At Hertfordshire County Council, we are passionate about ensuring the best outcomes for every member of our community. Many of our young people are excelling in life, but others face challenges and concerns such as being at risk of gang association, mental health worries and unemployment.
Our targeted youth service plays an essential role in helping these individuals develop the personal, social and emotional skills they need to succeed in life. With a focus on targeted prevention and early intervention in order to reduce the necessity for specialist involvement further down the line, this service is important in providing high quality informal education opportunities for young people who are challenged in education, their home lives and beyond.
With the overall goal of supporting vulnerable and at-risk young people in their successful transition to adulthood, you could play a vital role in this service. Managing a small team of Youth Support Workers and Volunteers, you will plan, deliver and evaluate engaging and educational group-work programmes on issues ranging from substance misuse and alcohol, to learning independent living skills. Working to understand service users' interests and the challenges that they are facing in their lives, you will also work one-to-one with identified young people to help them access projects that will elevate their future prospects, and you will forge relationships with partner organisations that will enhance the work we are doing.
Guidant is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
