THE DETAILS:
  • Location: Various,
  • Subject: Support
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Salary Type: Not Supplied
  • Salary Range: Not Supplied
  • Language: Welsh
  • Closing Date: 08 June, 2023 12:00 AM

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Part Time Youth Project Workers Summer Playscheme x3

Part Time Youth Project Workers Summer Playscheme x3

Gwynedd Council
Details
Job Advertisement

JNC Pay Scale Point 5-9 £10.18 -£11.30 per hour

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this ( Informatioin 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 01758704464 or 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, THURSDAY, 08/06/2023
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 attributesEssential
Able to work well and create a solid relationship with young people

The ability to work as a member of a small team, working in the evenings and on weekends

Able to work unsociable hours
Desirable
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Qualifications and relevant trainingEssential
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Desirable
Level 3 qualification in Youth Work.

Level 1 Child Protection Course
Relevant experienceEssential
Experience of working with young people

Experience of providing projects / activities for young people
Desirable
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Skills and specialist knowledgeEssential
Effective face to face communication skills with young people

Fluent in both Welsh and English

Good organisational and administrative skills

Able to work with young people.

Strong commitment to the principles of Equal Opportunity and Child Protection
Desirable
Knowledge of current developments in the youth work field
Language requirementsEssentialListening 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.
Responsibility for functions
• Will be responsible for the equipment used at the time
Main duties
• Leader in Charge Post = "Leader in Charge" "A Leader in Charge will be employed to look after all aspects and to ensure the efficient running of the Youth Club. "A Leader in Charge will be employed to assist with all aspects of ensuring the efficient running of the Youth Club." " 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 of their lives and identify and oppose harmful influences that may impact them.

• Assist with organising a 'Haf o Hwyl' programme and offer activities in all parts of the county - hiring and equipment

• Keep a detailed risk assessment of incidents

• 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 that reports back to the Welsh Government

• 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

Across Gwynedd

Working Hours:

The working week: 25 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. This is a temporary post from July until the end of September 2022

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 spoken and written Welsh and English from the outset.