Youth Workers – Andover Youth Club

JOB TITLE: Youth Workers – Andover

BASED: Manor Gardens Centre and Andover Estate, N7

HOURS: sessional

SALARY: NCJ Scale 2 point 5-8, (£24,373.45-25,715.57) Part time posts will be pro-rata according to contracted hours

CONTRACT: Permanent x 1 / Sessional opportunities – candidates may also apply to join a pool of potential sessional workers who can be offered short-term work on an occasional basis in times of high demand.

Manor Gardens Welfare Trust is a charity with an excellent history of supporting people to improve their health and wellbeing since 1913. Our mission is to work with people and communities to take action and enable good health, resilience and opportunity.

Manor Gardens has won the contract to run youth-work provision for 11-14-year-olds on the Andover Estate in Islington. Our aim is provide a safe and welcoming environment to enable young people to develop their potential, learn new skills and help them transition to adulthood.

You will be a passionate and dynamic individual, committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, who can make a positive impact on the prospects, development and citizenship of their local community. You will have a wide range of skills including creative arts and crafts, music and outdoor activities. To be successful in this role you will have gained previous experience of youth work, ideally delivering activities and programmes aimed at 11 to 14- year-olds.

It’s an exciting time to join us, as we launch this new service and build up our youth offering. We are seeking three part-time Youth Workers – ideally one at 12 hours per week and two at six hours per week, including one who will lead a Girls Group. We also have sessional opportunities available so candidates can apply to join a pool of potential sessional workers who can be offered short-term work on an occasional basis in times of high demand.

How to apply

We will be offering interviews on a rolling basis, so please submit your application as soon as possible. Please note that on occasion, posts may close earlier than the closing date due to receiving suitable application/interviewing a successful candidate. This is why early applications are therefore advised.

For a recruitment pack or an informal chat about this post, please download the application pack below and email it to HR@manorgardenscentre.org or HR@manorgardenscentre.org for the application.

Closing date: rolling

Interviews: On rolling basis

Manor Gardens Welfare Trust follows safer recruitment procedures, and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Any disclosures within a DBS check do not necessarily prevent an individual from taking up a position with us, and we encourage those with questions about this to contact us to discuss further.

• About Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
• Applicants Guidance Notes 
• JD – Andover Youth Worker
  
• Application Form
  
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Form