Temporary Health and Mental Welfare Youth Worker/Emotional

Gwynedd Council

Salary: GBP 32,040.00 - 34,431.00 per year

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Are you passionate about supporting young people to live healthy, positive, and meaningful lives?

Gwynedd Youth Service is looking for a dedicated, motivated, and empathetic individual to join our dynamic team as a Youth Worker - Mental Health and Wellbeing. The role will focus on developing and leading provision and initiatives that promote mental health, emotional wellbeing, and resilience among young people aged 11-25 across the county.

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 Steffan Llyr Williams on 07702479672.

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: 21/08/2025

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

Able to work well and create a solid relationship with young people and adults
Good networking skills and able to establish partnerships
Able to prepare, arrange, plan, evaluate, organise and manage resources for any project

DESIRABLE

Self-motivated and able to work independently

RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
ESSENTIAL

Level 3 qualification in Youth Work must be completed within the first two years in post
Experience of working with young people on a one-to-one basis
Experience of working with groups of young people
Wide-ranging experience of providing accredited training programmes
Knowledge of accreditation schemes by external bodies (ASDAN, Wales Open, Duke of Edinburgh Award, John Muir, BTEC, Children's University).

DESIRABLE

Qualification, or working towards a qualification in Assessing Accreditations.
Level 3 qualification in Youth Work.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

Extensive experience in presenting and delivering accreditation programmes in an informal context.
Evidence of success in working with young people and adults in an informal education setting.
Experience of providing educational programmes to young people and adults.
Experience of developing and managing projects
The ability to foster good relationships with young people

DESIRABLE

Experience in implementing Health and Safety policies.

SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
ESSENTIAL

Fluent in both Welsh and English
Good organisational and administrative skills
Ability to work with young people and adults.
Ability to work independently and to be innovative.
Ability to motivate, retain, develop and support members of staff, young people and adults.
Strong commitment to the principles of Equal Opportunity and the Protection of Children and Adults.
Strong awareness of issues that affect young people
Excellent organisational skills and able to deal with a workload
The ability to work creatively with the Youth Work Curriculum
Ability to solve problems
Ability to reach deadlines
Ability to learn new skills quickly

DESIRABLE

Experience of implementing Health and Safety policies
Flexible approach

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

COMMUNICATION

Able to communicate fluently in the Welsh and English language, orally and in writing. Able to present all aspects of the job orally, with confidence, through the medium of Welsh and English to the same standard.

READING AND COMPREHENSION

Ability to accurately use and analyse any information from various sources in order to fulfil all aspects of the job.

WRITING

Ability to present information in writing confidently, using the most appropriate style and language for the subject and audience.

Job Description

Purpose of Post

Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the centre of everything we do.
Plan, coordinate, and provide a programme of activities and projects for young people
Build extensive networks to develop this work as much as possible.
Collaborate with the rest of the Youth Service Team to ensure a smooth transition across the teams and that Health and Well-being is a key part of the service.
Work with young people within the headings of the Five Ways to Well-being, and ensure that the voice of young people is in everything that is undertaken
Develop an emotional resilience pathway that is non-clinical jointly with other Agencies.
Coordinate the Mental Health group
Implement a programme of activities and projects, ensuring the best possible experience for young people
This post will focus on the 11-25 age group

Responsibility for Resources

The Youth Worker will be responsible for overseeing and organising the projects. He/she will also be responsible for equipment, ensuring it meets health and safety requirements.

Main Duties

Work directly with young people 11-25 years old to develop their emotional health and well-being by offering a wide-ranging programme of activities that may lead to an accreditation / qualification
Coordinate the Young People's Health and Well-being Group
Responsibility for the Commission / Mental health research agreement
Give the brief of requirements to the Training Officer - Health and Safety sessions
Provide Well-being sessions
Prepare, arrange, plan, evaluate, organise and manage resources for each project
Secure a space where young people are given the opportunity to enjoy themselves, to feel safe, to receive support, to be appreciated, to learn how to take control over their lives, and identify and resist harmful influences that could affect them
Build a positive relationship with other Services / Agencies eg CAHMS
Organise and hold events during holidays and weekends
Establish and develop groups of young people to participate in accreditation courses / schemes.
Promote and develop accreditation opportunities and programmes, amongst young people that answer local requirements.
Attend moderating and training meetings arranged by awarding bodies, as required
Operate as required as a mentor and broker as defined within the Youth Engagement and Development Framework in schools, through one to one or group work.
Develop a range of learning opportunities for young people, using informal youth working methods, that are suitable for these young people's needs.
Work jointly in partnership with CAHMS, Youth Justice Service, Families First, Social Services, Careers Wales, Job Centre Plus, Community Safety and other agencies that could help to support the young person.
Enable young people to access recognised awards (e.g. Youth Challenge Schemes, ASDAN Youth Achievement, Agored Cymru, Duke of Edinburgh Award, John Muir Award).
Encourage young people by instilling in them a sense of achievement and acknowledgement.
Work with the Education Department, YOTs, Social Services, Community Safety and other agencies that could help support the young person.
Attend the planning meetings of the youth service, review meetings etc. as required.
Attend standardisation and training meetings arranged by awarding bodies, and cascade information regarding new developments in Health and Well-being to other members of the youth work team.
Compliance with any of the Service's procedures and systems
Develop and expand the projects' curriculum by fostering links with agencies and providers including consulting with young people, collaborating with schools and other education providers
Responsibility for inputting any required information into the information gathering system
Adhere to the Occupational Standards relating to Youth Work, Rights of the Child
Prepare progress reports on his/her work.
Attend Youth Service meetings, participating fully in the discussions and sharing information with the teams.
Organise and hold events, provide projects and activities during school holidays jointly with the Community Workers
Seek grants to further develop the work
Ensure that any report has been completed by the designated time
Ensure that the Voice of the Young Person is heard through everything that is proposed and developed
In conjunction with the manager, ensure appropriate development in performance measuring and information gathering in order to measure the scheme's effectiveness and fulfil the objectives set by reporting and planning arrangements.
Attend training for youth workers organised by or on behalf of the Council
Responsibility for self-development.
Ensure compliance with workplace Health and Safety regulations in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
Operate within the Council's equal opportunities and equality policies.
Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management standards and guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation
Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary and responsibility level of the job
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;
Responsible for reporting any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Special Circumstances

Employment: JNC for Youth and Community Workers Points 14-17

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

Location: Caernarfon, Dolgellau or Pwllheli

Working Hours: The working week: 37 hours a week, no more than eight evening sessions a fortnight, and at times flexibility could be required in order to meet the needs of specific work. It will also mean working evenings (three sessions) and some weekends, which could be on a residential basis, within the 37 hours.

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

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

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

Language: The post-holder will need to be confident in spoken and written Welsh and English from the outset.

Mobile Phone User: A mobile phone will be provided for the purposes of the post.

You will be required to work across the County.

You may express an interest in a secondment.

We can consider working fewer hours.

The Department has a continuous programme of training and personal skills development. An Appraisal Scheme will be implemented that will contribute towards this provision. The post-holder will be expected to participate in the programme. You will be following the training matrix for Field Workers.

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.