Maesgeirchen - Part Time Youth Project Workers

Salary: GBP 869.00 - 949.00 per year

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Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.

( Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)

For further information about this post please contact Sion Bryn Roberts on 07920264113

Interview date to be confirmed.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, 25/11/2024

The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.

If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.

Person Specification

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
ESSENTIAL
One who pays attention to detail.
Resilience and determination to succeed.
One who is able to prioritise work and meet specific timescales.
Possesses strong communication and interpersonal skills.
The ability to communicate fluently through the medium of Welsh and English with customers, staff and stakeholders in clear, correct, and easy to understand language, orally and in writing.
Possesses effective organisational skills.
The ability to work as part of a team and to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and partners.
The ability to work independently.
The ability to cope with various information sources and prepare brief and balanced reports for senior officers.
The ability to evaluate work and learn from previous experiences.
Possesses a driving licence and owns a car or is able to provide a car for business use associated with the post.

DESIRABLE
One who is able to lead and train.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING
ESSENTIAL
Degree and / or professional or relevant qualification for the role.
Evidence of continual professional and personal development.

DESIRABLE
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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
Experience of developing frameworks and procedures aimed at delivering improved services.
Experience of being able to establish and foster working relationships with people from other departments, agencies and sectors.
Experience of managing projects within a service.
Experience of working to tight schedules.
Experience of ensuring that team members work in an effective way and receive relevant support when completing tasks.
Experience of achieving successful results.
Support in various work fields across the Council.
Prepare minutes and provide written guidance for others.

DESIRABLE
Experience of working with, and managing, a number of stakeholders.
Experience of managing/coordinating complex projects across services.
Experience of training and/or mentoring.
Experience of advising, challenging and influencing on a strategic level in a complex organisation.

SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
ESSENTIAL
Able to organise, plan and prioritise tasks and workload effectively.
The ability to represent the Council in internal and external meetings.
Ability to deal with challenging clients in a robust but fair manner.
Ability to plan and review workload, meet deadlines and performance standards.
Firm understanding of the political dimension within the Council.
Able to process and analyse complex information.
Able to plan, monitor and report.
Excellent verbal communication, interpersonal and written skills.

DESIRABLE
People management experience.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
ESSENTIAL
Listening and Speaking - Higher Level
Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions. Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.

Reading and Understanding - Higher Level
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal. Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.

Writing - Higher Level
Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).

Job Description

Purpose of the post
•Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.

•Leader in charge

Responsibility for functions
•Will be responsible for the equipment used at the time

Main duties
•Leader in Charge to present projects and activities for young people in their communities.

•Ensure that young people feel safe, receive support, are appreciated, learn how to take control over their lives and identify and oppose harmful influences that may impact them.

•Assist the Youth Worker to identify the interests and needs of young people in order to develop sessions and projects and organise events and activities.

•Assist the Youth Worker to offer a range of learning experiences for young people using informal youth work methods, within communities, that are suitable for young people

•Assist the Youth Worker to present courses that lead to accreditation (Agored Cymru, ASDAN Youth Challenge and Achievement Schemes, Children's University)

•Adhere to all the employer's relevant policies and other statutory requirements, including Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Child Protection.

•Input required information needed about young people in the information gathering system

•Ensure that the Young Person's voice is heard in everything that is offered and developed

•Attend staff meetings as required

•Attend training for youth workers organised by or on behalf of the Council

•Responsibility for self-development.

•Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.

•Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.

•Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.

•Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.

•Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.

•Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Special circumstances
Employment: JNC for Youth and Community Workers Points 5 - 9

Annual Leave: JNC Terms - 30 days annual leave for the first five years and 35 days for subsequent years (pro-rata).

Location: Serving the Catchment Areas of

Maesgeirchen

Working Hours: The working week: 2 hours a week, working in the evening and weekends, and at times flexibility could be required in order to meet the needs of specific work.

Hours: The hours to include evenings and weekends and some could be residential.

Car use: Full driving licence and use of a car. The post-holder will be designated an "occasional car user".

Language: The post-holder will need to be confident in both Welsh and English orally and in writing from the outset.

You will be appointed to work in your catchment area, however, in special circumstances you will be required to work outside your catchment area

The post is subject to the completion of an acceptable check through the Criminal Records Bureau.

We will look in detail at the job description in a year's time following the appointment.

The post is subject to completion of Level 3 in Youth work within two years of post.

We draw your attention to the fact that some specific duties and responsibilities are difficult to analyse in detail in some cases and they can change from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility. In addition, every member of staff is required to accept an element of flexibility in their duties and responsibilities, and when necessary exchange within the Authority in order to meet the needs and requirements of the service which continually change. This type of requirement will enable the post holder's specific expertise to grow and develop for the benefit of the employer and employee.