Recruitment

Youth Worker

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Responsible to: Youth Services Manager

Hours: Part time 6 hours

Salary: £12.60 per hour (Real Living Wage)

Based: Milton Keynes

Contract: Fixed term for 1 year (Extension subject to funding)

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Context

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We're expanding our Youth Services Team!

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Q:alliance provides support, information and representation for LGBTQ+ people in Milton Keynes and surrounding areas.

It’s our goal to create more safe spaces and resources to ensure the LGBTQ+ community is well represented and supported.

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Scope

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The Youth Support Worker will facilitate up to three weekly provisions for LGBTQ+ young people, both in-person and online, working in a team to develop activities with an emphasis on increasing young people’s wellbeing, inclusion and participation.

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Main Responsibilities

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· Support, information and empowerment – develop and implement resources for group programmes, create a welcoming, safe and enjoyable environment for all and empower young people to make informed choices in their lives. Provide support to young people, ensuring effective signposting to relevant services and liaison with parents and guardians where appropriate.

· Co-production –Support young people’s involvement and participation and encourage them to take on meaningful roles within the organisation. Innovate ways to include young people in all aspects of service delivery, providing opportunities for their feedback and offer platforms for their ideas.

· Inclusivity – look to maximising inclusivity of our youth service. Ensuring that every LGBTQ+ young person feels welcome in our spaces and that activities engage a range of perspectives.

· Data capture and intelligence - Support Q:alliance’s commitment to sustaining a contemporary data and monitoring mechanism, guaranteeing we can deliver thorough evaluations of our services and competent feedback to our funders and stakeholders on the efficacy of our work. Analyse local intelligence directly from LGBTQ+ youth communities and use this to co-produce plans with young people to ensure our youth services are engaging and that a range of needs are met.

· Support the delivery of our outreach services to young people, including assemblies, school visits and ad hoc events such as managing a stall at community fetes and fairs.

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Skills and Experience

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Expertise

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· Experience working with and supporting young people

· Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate a diverse range of activities for young people

· Knowledge of the challenges affecting young LGBTQ+ people

· Knowledge of issues affecting young people’s mental health and the skills required to build resilience

· Knowledge of safeguarding young people, with the ability to follow policy and procedures in relation to recognising, recording, and responding to safeguarding concerns and liaising with the Designated Safeguarding Lead

· Ability to observe strict confidentiality at all times with respect to matters concerning young people

· Capable to respond to a young person in crisis and establish the right tools and resources to assist them

· Competence to identify training needs and co-ordinate appropriate activities to develop the skills and abilities of volunteers and young people

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Communication

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· A general level of education evidencing good literacy skills and record keeping

· A confident and engaging manner and ability to inspire and motivate young people

· Confidence to communicate with relatives, guardians, social workers and related professionals or advocates of young people

· Knowledge and proficiency in social media and a recognition of the role it plays in young people’s lives

Behaviours

· Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of professional boundaries when working with young people and the importance of consistency

· Passionate about equality and the rights of LGBTQ+ people

· Evident desire to improve service delivery using co-production initiatives with young people

· An ability to listen with empathy and act compassionately

· Model conduct essential for successful teams, such as reliability and cooperation.

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Desirable

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· Qualifications in youth work, mental health first aid, or the desire to gain relevant qualifications.

· Data, monitoring, and impact training, including up to date GDPR certificate (2 years)

· LGBTQ+ lived experience

· Volunteer management experience

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Other

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· Ability to work flexibly, with occasional work outside of agreed hours

· Commitment to further personal development and training

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What you’ll bring to the team

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You will work closely with the LGBTQ+ Youth Outreach Practitioner, collaboratively developing components of Q:alliance’s youth service to best serve LGBTQ+ young people, ensuring we create adequate safe spaces in line with our Safer Spaces policy and guarantee continuity of experience between our multiple provisions for young people, including liaising with our Communications and Engagement Manager to offer safe transitions into adult social spaces. You will help raise the voices of our youth communities and look to ways of sharing good practice with colleagues in and outside of Q:alliance.

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The Youth Support Worker will have responsibility for the following documents.

· Contact Evaluation forms/data capture

· Quarterly Youth Group Report (with assistance from Youth Services Manager)

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Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From £12.60 per hour

Expected hours: 6 per week

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Benefits:

• Company pension

• Sick pay

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Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

• Weekend availability

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Application question(s):

• How would you respond to a young person in crisis and which tools and resources might you employ to assist them?

• Why are professional boundaries important when working with young people and how would you ensure you consistently work in this way?

• What are the challenges currently affecting young LGBTQ+ people in 2025?

• Are you available for in-person interview week commencing 19th May 2025?

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Work Location: In person

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Application deadline: 11/05/2025
Expected start date: 02/06/2025

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Apply HERE!