Do you have a knack for connecting with young people? We’re working with a supportive school that’s looking for a dedicated Youth Worker to help young people feel heard, understood and empowered to make positive choices. You’ll be supporting students who need that extra bit of patience, understanding and guidance – helping them to stay engaged and positive in school life.
What you’ll be doing:
- Building trusting relationships with young people, offering both guidance and encouragement
- Supporting pupils with social, emotional and behavioural needs, both in and outside the classroom
- Helping young people to develop confidence, resilience and positive coping strategies
- Working closing with teachers, pastoral teams and SENDCo where appropriate
Requirements:
- Experience working with children and young people, ideally in school or youth service setting
- A calm, confident manner who can build rapport with young people quickly
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build trust
- Someone who can model positive behaviour and understands the challenges that young people may face (including trauma, mental health or disengagement).
If you are interested in this role please apply through this advert or apply on our Protocol Education website.
We pride ourselves on employing a wide range of educators from a variety of experienced backgrounds and settings as well as aspiring educators and teachers with diverse experiences and transferable skills who are passionate and caring individuals to educate children and young people within our schools.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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