Future Foundations Junior Youth Worker

About KLS’ Future Foundations education team 

Future Foundations is an education programme of Katherine Low Settlement. Since 2004, KLS’ Future Foundations education team of 10 part-time staff and over 100 volunteers, have supported young refugees and their families in Battersea and the London Borough of Wandsworth to thrive in their education. Through mentoring, family support, casework and homework clubs, we provide the tailored support each young person and their family (if they have one) needs to overcome the barriers to education they face at home and school. 

Key Objectives for this Role

Working with the Lead Youth Worker you will: 

Homework Clubs

•       Collect up to date consent information for all young people joining Future Foundations

•       Support with creating session plans for club nights

•       Research and source necessary resources activities 

•       Support to plan and run engaging and fun activities/ongoing projects for the young people

•       Use participatory methods to involve young people about Clubs 

•       Ensure children’s participation and encourage ownership of and responsibility for the Clubs

•       Implement our behaviour management policy

•       Liaise with families/carers to communicate information regarding Clubs and Mentoring

•       Support with maintaining robust recording and monitoring systems (including registers) and ensure quotes, case studies and feedback are saved and stored

•       Maintain, collect, edit and store documentation of activities, including photos, case studies and videos, for Newsletters, funding reports and other records

•       Maintain excellent safeguarding practices

•       Support whole team with making referrals to external partners and support agencies

•       Support the Lead Youth Worker with running a weekly Youth Club for post-16 young people

•       Support mentor coordinator with running early years mentoring sessions, when needed

•       Work evenings and varied working hours

Trips and activities 

•       Work with the Lead Youth Worker and Community Learning Coordinator to develop an annual programme of activity and trips during school holidays

•       Ensure that this is done in collaboration with our children, young people, their families and other KLS projects

•       Assist with the summer programme development, organisation and delivery

Teamwork and reporting

•       Work with Future Foundations team members to coordinate work, refer young people and/or parents/carers to our casework and advice team.

•       Contribute to reports for trustees and funders and attend periodic meetings with funders

•       Communicate well with other teams within KLS to provide a high-quality service to our members

Other Duties 

•       Participate in regular supervision and annual appraisals; help to identify your own job related development and training needs.

•       Always work with anti-discriminatory, empowering practice, ensuring everyone is treated with dignity andrespect.

•       Adhere to Katherine Low Settlement’s code of confidentiality, safeguarding and equal opportunities policies. 

•       Undertake your role in a professional manner and maintain a high-quality standard of work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of KLS.   

The above job description reflects the position at the time of writing; it is not intended to be a task list but indicates the general level of work involved. It is expected that duties will be reviewed and revised as required.