Youth Outreach Officer

Full-time at 35 hours (Home Based, Northern Ireland/South East Region)

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000

Permanent

GamCare is the UK’s leading provider of advice and support to problem gamblers and their loved ones. Its flagship Youth Outreach Programme “BigDeal” is expanding, and a new support service for young people will be launched in April 2020. The programme is designed to deliver education to young people on safe gambling choices over the next four years.

GamCare are recruiting for a Youth Outreach officers to promote, schedule and deliver this work and build strong regional networks around this work.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Establish the reputation of the GamCare Youth Outreach programme in youth work settings across regions
• Promote, arrange and deliver training sessions to youth-facing professionals (e.g. youth workers, teachers, social workers) in your region
• Promote, arrange and deliver young peoples’ workshops to 11-19 year olds in Northern Ireland/South East Region
• Maintain a network of local stakeholders
• Maintain accurate records and provide statistical information required to assist delivery and evaluation.
• Be a point of contact for people interested in GamCare’s young people’s projects in Northern Ireland/South East 

You should have previous experience working with young people aged 11-19 and delivering educative content to a variety of audiences.

The role will require delivery time in the specified region and the surrounding area, as well as administration done from home. 

You will form part of an enthusiastic team working and committed to supporting those affected by problem gambling across Great Britain, and work with a supportive a supportive line management team.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

To apply, please go onto the GamCare website and complete an application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey.

Please note we do not accept CVs

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Job application: <name of vacancy> and name of region

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Previous applicants need not apply

To discuss the role further please email Megan Pengelly (Programme Manager). Applications sent to this address will not be accepted.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on a rolling basis, over video link.  

There is no closing date for this role.  We will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews in London on a periodic rolling basis.  If you have not heard from us within two weeks of sending in your application, please assume that we won’t be taking your application further at this time.