Youth Outreach Worker
Description✓We are currently recruiting a Youth Outreach Worker to join our Fearless team based in County Durham
✓This is a full time, fixed term role, working 37.5 hour per week for 12 months and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £24,404 per annum.
✓At Crimestoppers we believe everyone has the right to feel safe from crime, wherever they live
✓Hundreds of thousands of people trust us each year with their crime information by calling in or using our untraceable online form.
✓Fearless is the youth brand of Crimestoppers, offering young people access to nonjudgemental information and advice about crime and criminality
✓The work of Fearless is focused on helping young people make informed decisions about reporting crime.
✓Our charity gives people the power to speak up and stop crime, 100% anonymous
✓Always.
✓Benefits of becoming our Youth Outreach Worker:
✓30 days annual leave - with 3 days to be taken between Christmas and New Year [plus bank holidays]
✓Employee Assistance Programme
✓Access to our discount scheme – Crimestoppers Advantage
✓4% pension contribution
✓Life Insurance
✓Plus many others
✓About the role:
✓As a Youth Outreach Worker, you will help young people to understand different crime topics and break down the barriers to reporting crime
✓This will be done through the delivery of workshops in schools and other youth settings
✓The Youth Outreach Worker will also build partnerships locally with other organisations, to provide a coordinated response to youth crime and exploitation across County Durham.
✓Key responsibilities of our Youth Outreach Worker:
✓To deliver our Fearless & Bystander Approach programme for young people in Secondary Schools and youth settings across County Durham and for the professionals working with those young people;
✓- Facilitating a bespoke Fearless workshop
✓- Ensuring the workshop links to the prevention needs of young people across County Durham
✓To build partnerships locally with: Secondary schools/academies, Pupil Referral Unit’s [PRU], youth agencies, Police, Local Authorities and other organisations
✓Support Fearless Head Office Team to develop content for Fearless social media platforms
✓To create and build relationships to deliver activities in term time and school holidays.
✓What we're looking for in our Youth Outreach Worker:
✓Confident and organised individual • Experience in evaluating outcomes
✓The ability to plan your own work, use your initiative and meet deadlines
✓Training and understanding of Safeguarding
✓Experience of developing and delivering workshops
✓Significant experience of working with young people
✓Experience of working in a school environment or similar
✓Understanding of key crime issues experienced by young people
✓Experience of working in a youth setting e.g
✓youth clubs, PRU’s
✓Excellent communication [including proficient use of MS Office programs], presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to work and communicate with a variety of different audiences and stakeholders
✓As you will regularly come in to contact with young people, the successful applicant will be asked to complete a Disclosure & Barring Service application and Police Clearance
✓To apply, please submit your Covering Letter and CV in one document
✓In your covering letter please outline how you meet the specific skills, knowledge, experience, and qualifications required.
✓Closing Date: Sunday 6th August at 23.59pm
✓Interview & presentation date: Monday 14th August to be held online via Microsoft Teams.
✓No agencies please.
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✓This is a full time, fixed term role, working 37.5 hour per week for 12 months and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £24,404 per annum.
✓At Crimestoppers we believe everyone has the right to feel safe from crime, wherever they live
✓Hundreds of thousands of people trust us each year with their crime information by calling in or using our untraceable online form.
✓Fearless is the youth brand of Crimestoppers, offering young people access to nonjudgemental information and advice about crime and criminality
✓The work of Fearless is focused on helping young people make informed decisions about reporting crime.
✓Our charity gives people the power to speak up and stop crime, 100% anonymous
✓Always.
✓Benefits of becoming our Youth Outreach Worker:
✓30 days annual leave - with 3 days to be taken between Christmas and New Year [plus bank holidays]
✓Employee Assistance Programme
✓Access to our discount scheme – Crimestoppers Advantage
✓4% pension contribution
✓Life Insurance
✓Plus many others
✓About the role:
✓As a Youth Outreach Worker, you will help young people to understand different crime topics and break down the barriers to reporting crime
✓This will be done through the delivery of workshops in schools and other youth settings
✓The Youth Outreach Worker will also build partnerships locally with other organisations, to provide a coordinated response to youth crime and exploitation across County Durham.
✓Key responsibilities of our Youth Outreach Worker:
✓To deliver our Fearless & Bystander Approach programme for young people in Secondary Schools and youth settings across County Durham and for the professionals working with those young people;
✓- Facilitating a bespoke Fearless workshop
✓- Ensuring the workshop links to the prevention needs of young people across County Durham
✓To build partnerships locally with: Secondary schools/academies, Pupil Referral Unit’s [PRU], youth agencies, Police, Local Authorities and other organisations
✓Support Fearless Head Office Team to develop content for Fearless social media platforms
✓To create and build relationships to deliver activities in term time and school holidays.
✓What we're looking for in our Youth Outreach Worker:
✓Confident and organised individual • Experience in evaluating outcomes
✓The ability to plan your own work, use your initiative and meet deadlines
✓Training and understanding of Safeguarding
✓Experience of developing and delivering workshops
✓Significant experience of working with young people
✓Experience of working in a school environment or similar
✓Understanding of key crime issues experienced by young people
✓Experience of working in a youth setting e.g
✓youth clubs, PRU’s
✓Excellent communication [including proficient use of MS Office programs], presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to work and communicate with a variety of different audiences and stakeholders
✓As you will regularly come in to contact with young people, the successful applicant will be asked to complete a Disclosure & Barring Service application and Police Clearance
✓To apply, please submit your Covering Letter and CV in one document
✓In your covering letter please outline how you meet the specific skills, knowledge, experience, and qualifications required.
✓Closing Date: Sunday 6th August at 23.59pm
✓Interview & presentation date: Monday 14th August to be held online via Microsoft Teams.
✓No agencies please.
✓Reg.Charity [phone number removed] Show more →