Detached Youth Worker with Bounce Back Youth Service

JOB DESCRIPTION

Detached Youth Worker with Bounce Back Youth Service

REPORTS TO: Area Manager

Job Details:

To work as part of the overall Bounce Back Youth Service to deliver an effective and innovative youth service for West Cavan.
To be responsible for the initiation of the Detached youth work project in Belturbet, Ballyconnell, Swanlinbar and surrounding areas. This will include a minimum of 3late evenings and weekends when necessary.Due to nature of detached youth work, evening work up to midnight and weekend work will be regular and should be expected. This work will be at the discretion of the Bounce Back Youth Service Detached Senior Youth Worker.

To take a leadership role inall work carried out as part of the Bounce Back Youth Service.
To provide a service that responds to needs of young people in identified areas of work through provision of programmes and services.
To ensure that enough volunteers are recruited and trained to meet the demands placed on the service.
To be responsible for the supervision and support of volunteers within their area, ensuring that the service is of high quality and is in line with the values and policies of the organisation.
To model “best practice” for volunteers within the service.
To act at all times within organizational policy and practice guidelines and to take immediate appropriate action when necessary.
To deliver an effective, innovative and creative service for the young people in County Cavan.
To ensure that accurate and efficient records are maintained and reports completed for management, board and funders when requested.
To engage in any other duties requested by the regional director. This includes involvement in the organisations campaigning and lobbying, training and research, supporting other areas of work and fundraising initiatives.
To attend team meetings and other meetings at the request of the regional director.
To work as part of the overall Detached Youth Work Team in Monaghan and Cavan.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

QUALIFICATIONS

EssentialCandidates should posses a third level graduate qualification in Youth Work & Community Development or a related field.

Desirable:Post –graduate qualification in one of the above listed fields

Good IT skills & knowledge, Research, analysis, management.

EXPERIENCE

EssentialCandidates should have a minimum of 1 years experience of working with young people either in a paid or voluntary capacity.

Desirable: Leading projects, teams of people

Experience of working with volunteers

Adult training and/or facilitation

Experience of management and supervision of staff and/or volunteers

KNOWLEDGE

EssentialCandidates must be able to demonstrate atheoretical and practical knowledge ofyouth work, group work, project development and reporting requirements within the sector.

Desirable: Project management, leadership, creativity and innovation in completion of new programme development in the youth sector.

ABILITY AND ATTRIBUTES

Essential:Candidates should possess excellent communication skills.

Candidates should possess excellent presentation skills.

Candidates must be align with our organisational values.

Candidates must exhibit a strong commitment to young people’s rights.

Candidates must be effective at time management with the ability to oversee a number of projects at any given time.

Candidates must be self-motivated and have the ability to work on own initiative as well as work as part of a team.

Candidates must be flexible and have the ability to change to be available or willing to work unsociable hours as occasionally required.

Desirable:Candidates should have a sound knowledge and understanding of research and methods of evaluation and have the ability to apply these to their work place setting.

General:Candidates must possess a full, clean driver’s license and be willing to drive as part of the role.

Candidates must cooperate with all housekeeping elements in all areas of work.