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YOUTH MENTORING PRACTITIONER vacancies
2 based in OASIS HUB HADLEY,
1 based in OASIS CROYDON,
1 based in OASIS HUB WATERLOO
HOURS RANGE FROM 28 – 40 PER WEEK
24 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT
SALARY: £28,536 based on 40 hours per week (Including London Weighting)
Want to enable young people to have positive lives?
Want to be part of a supportive, dynamic, fun & quality team?
Want to make the community a better place?
Oasis Community Partnerships are looking for four special, talented, and adaptable people to help us strengthen and sustain our youth mentoring programme.
Each Youth Mentoring Practitioner’s primary purpose is to develop and deliver quality and safe 1-2-1 and small group mentoring for young people.
We are looking for people who:
· Have recent and proven experience with inner city young people.
· Can co-develop and co-deliver inclusive and supportive programmes with young people.
· Are comfortable working on their own or in a team.
· Can enable us to improve our service and opportunities for young people.
Do you have the character, chemistry & competency we are looking for? Great – read on.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority, and underrepresented groups.
Email your CV including a Supporting Statement. Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further details.
Your Supporting Statement should be a minimum of one A4 page addressing the following question:
Please expand on your CV to tell us about how your character, qualities, experience, and qualifications/training will enable you to thrive in this job.
Deadline for submitting your CV and Supporting Statement is midday Friday 5th April 2024.
Interviews will take place 17th April 2024.
If you’ve not heard from Oasis by 12th April 2024 – on this occasion you were not shortlisted.
Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further details
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing national organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of young people. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
- Flexible working where possible with family friendly policies
· A non-contributory pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
· A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
This exciting role is a new position that will focus predominantly on delivering Group Activities for children and young people aged 11-25 as part of our Healthy Young Minds provision. You will take a lead role in developing and delivering physical health initiatives, linking closely to the 5 Ways to Wellbeing, particularly the Be Active area. You will work predominantly in the Macclesfield area, with opportunities to develop this across other parts of our geographical area.
At Just Drop-In, we aim to provide high quality services for local children and young people who are finding life hard, in a supportive environment.
We want to get to know you, ‘who you are’ matters. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of young people, then have a read of what we have on offer – this could be the role for you.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications
Relevant qualifications or training in a children and young people’s discipline - Essential
Coaching Qualifications - Desirable
Safeguarding Training - Essential
Experience
Minimum 12 months experience working with or volunteering with children and young people - Essential
Experience of working with children and young people in group settings - Desirable
Experience of understanding client’s needs, including risk. - Essential
Experience of delivering physically active initiatives. - Desirable
Experience of monitoring data, impact and outcomes - Desirable
Working and contributing to staff meeting, training and your own supervision - Desirable
Experience of working within or in partnership with other stakeholders - Desirable
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Excellent understanding of safeguarding and ability to manage complex issues to a high standard - Essential
An understanding of the factors and issues faced by young people in relation of the maintenance of good mental health and emotional well-being - Essential
An ability to work within ethical, procedural and good practice frameworks - Essential
Competent working within a person-centered model - Essential
Ability to engage with children and young people to build rapport - Essential
Ability to work flexibility and outside of normal office hours - Essential
Ability to organize, plan and undertake own case work, including appropriate record keeping - Essential
Ability to communicate across professions to promote understanding of therapeutic work and client concerns, whilst observing appropriate boundaries including confidentiality - Essential
Ability to adapt practice to meet the individual needs of young people. - Essential
IT competent - Essential
Ability to plan and deliver creative and interactive content that will stimulate young people - Essential
Attitude and Disposition
A commitment to continue own professional development and to enhance the professional development of colleagues - Essential
Positive, strength-based approach and an ability to problem solve - Essential
Motivational and developmental leadership style - Essential
Understanding of Equality and Diversity and Commitment to meeting the individual needs of children and young people - Essential
A commitment to the wider work of Just Drop-In and promotion of all services - Essential
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.