Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator
Description✓Here at Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, we are looking for a Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator to work across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland in this exciting and challenging role
✓You will join us on a part-time, fixed term contract for 22 months. In return, you will receive a competitve salay of £26,845 - £30,151 pro rata plus benefits!
✓Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service are not limited to firefighting
✓We also respond to a wide range of incidents, increasingly those that involve our rescue capability. We also work closely with other emergency services and our local authority partners to deliver an emergency response and protect our communities.
✓Benefits you will receive:
✓Competitive salary
✓Flexible working
✓Generous leave entitlement plus public holidays
✓Public sector pension [subject to pension scheme rules]
✓On-site gym facilities
✓Free onsite parking
✓Access to an emergency services discount card
✓Use of our occupational health unit
✓You will automatically be enrolled into the The Local Government Pension Scheme [LGPS], this is a tax approved, defined benefit occupational pension scheme
✓Your contributions are based on your earnings and you can choose from different income options when you retire.
✓About Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator role:
✓As a Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator, you will support and mentor young people in developing their skills, knowledge, and personal development
✓This will enable them to become effective role models in the community as well as progressing positively into education, employment, or further training
✓You will be based on a working Fire Station, where you will provide group education about fire prevention, teamwork, problem solving and communication.
✓Fire Skills sessions take place at various planned locations across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, during the school holidays
✓ No two programmes will be the same and you will be able to be innovative to set up school holiday programmes.
✓Working hours: Primarily Wednesday to Friday, including at least one evening, but may include some weekends when needed, depending on the programmes running
✓There is flexibility in the role and hours worked.
✓Key responsibilities as a Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator:
✓Writing clear and concise reports
✓Keeping detailed session plans
✓Liaising with other agencies such as schools, Social Services, and the Youth Offending Team
✓Skills and experience required as our Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator:
✓Experience of working with young people [11-19] in a confident and patient manner
✓Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with their families
✓Able to flexible to suitable the needs of the business
✓Time management skills
✓Full training, management support and uniform will be provided.
✓Closing date: 24th May 2023, 23:59
✓Interview and Test: Week commencing 5th June 2023
✓Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
✓Furthermore, we want to create a work environment where everyone feels safe, can be themselves and can perform their roles to the best of their abilities
✓We have signed up with a number of nationally recognised organisations that promote equality, diversity and inclusion and we are working with them to help us achieve our objectives.
✓If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator then please click “apply” now – We’d love to hear from you Show more →
✓You will join us on a part-time, fixed term contract for 22 months. In return, you will receive a competitve salay of £26,845 - £30,151 pro rata plus benefits!
✓Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service are not limited to firefighting
✓We also respond to a wide range of incidents, increasingly those that involve our rescue capability. We also work closely with other emergency services and our local authority partners to deliver an emergency response and protect our communities.
✓Benefits you will receive:
✓Competitive salary
✓Flexible working
✓Generous leave entitlement plus public holidays
✓Public sector pension [subject to pension scheme rules]
✓On-site gym facilities
✓Free onsite parking
✓Access to an emergency services discount card
✓Use of our occupational health unit
✓You will automatically be enrolled into the The Local Government Pension Scheme [LGPS], this is a tax approved, defined benefit occupational pension scheme
✓Your contributions are based on your earnings and you can choose from different income options when you retire.
✓About Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator role:
✓As a Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator, you will support and mentor young people in developing their skills, knowledge, and personal development
✓This will enable them to become effective role models in the community as well as progressing positively into education, employment, or further training
✓You will be based on a working Fire Station, where you will provide group education about fire prevention, teamwork, problem solving and communication.
✓Fire Skills sessions take place at various planned locations across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, during the school holidays
✓ No two programmes will be the same and you will be able to be innovative to set up school holiday programmes.
✓Working hours: Primarily Wednesday to Friday, including at least one evening, but may include some weekends when needed, depending on the programmes running
✓There is flexibility in the role and hours worked.
✓Key responsibilities as a Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator:
✓Writing clear and concise reports
✓Keeping detailed session plans
✓Liaising with other agencies such as schools, Social Services, and the Youth Offending Team
✓Skills and experience required as our Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator:
✓Experience of working with young people [11-19] in a confident and patient manner
✓Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with their families
✓Able to flexible to suitable the needs of the business
✓Time management skills
✓Full training, management support and uniform will be provided.
✓Closing date: 24th May 2023, 23:59
✓Interview and Test: Week commencing 5th June 2023
✓Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
✓Furthermore, we want to create a work environment where everyone feels safe, can be themselves and can perform their roles to the best of their abilities
✓We have signed up with a number of nationally recognised organisations that promote equality, diversity and inclusion and we are working with them to help us achieve our objectives.
✓If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator then please click “apply” now – We’d love to hear from you Show more →