Job ref: 4116
Location: Various Locations throughout the Borough
Salary: £29,672-£32,413 per annum
Grade: JNC 21-24
Working Pattern: Full Time
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 9th April 2017
Interview Date: to be arranged
Youth Service is an innovative and forward thinking organisation that provides and supports a range of social and educational opportunities that encourage young people to learn throughout their lives, make positive choices and achieve their potential as individuals, members of their community and members of society.
We are looking to recruit a Lead Youth Worker to manage one of our three teams within the Service.
You will be responsible for high quality informal education programmes which meet the Service priorities and result in clear learning outcomes. You will be expected to establish new programmes and projects and lead your team to develop a stimulating and challenging youth work offer.
You will have the ability to quickly establish positive relationships with diverse groups of young people and partners, responding flexibly to the needs of young people and the Service. You will represent the team at working groups, forums and meetings.
You will deliver and manage a variety of projects with young people in Youth Centres, Community Centres, Leisure Centres, mobile bus, detached and schools. You will be required to monitor and manage the performance of your team through supervision, observations and assessments.
Good IT, organisation, and communication skills plus the ability to meet targets, produce reports and correspond with young people, parents and partners is essential.
Please click here forLead Youth Worker job description and person specification.pdf
Applicants should be aware that the Council has approved a number of changes to terms and conditions of service that will be effective from 1st April 2017.
Please click on the following link to view: New Terms and Conditions.pdf
Support for Armed Forces
ARMED FORCES INTERVIEW SCHEME
Rochdale Borough Council have Member approval to implement a proposal to guarantee an interview from ex-service personnel applicants where they meet certain qualifying criteria.
The aim of this proposal is to deliver the Councils commitment to further ‘the Armed Forces Community Covenant’ to ensure that ex-armed forces personnel are not disadvantaged, when applying for job vacancies, as a result of their service.
Ex-service personnel will be guaranteed an interview under the Scheme where they meet the following conditions:
They must meet the essential criteria for the post set out within the Person Specification.
The armed forces must be their last known long term employer.
They have been looking for a job for between 6-24 months since they left the Armed Forces.