Targeted Youth Worker - IYSS

Targeted Youth Worker

Help young people overcome barriers, build resilience and achieve positive change.

• A recognised JNC youth work qualification, or a relevant equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience of delivering targeted youth work with adolescents experiencing vulnerability, risk or disadvantage.
• Strong assessment, planning and case-management skills, with the ability to identify risk and measure progress.
• A good understanding of safeguarding, contextual safeguarding, adolescent development and trauma-informed practice.
• Experience of working effectively with families and professionals across education, social care, health, policing and the voluntary sector.
• Excellent communication and engagement skills, including the ability to work with young people who may be reluctant to engage.
• The ability to manage competing priorities, maintain accurate records and work safely with appropriate professional boundaries.
• Flexibility to work evenings and occasional weekends in response to young people’s needs.

If you are passionate about building trusted relationships with young people and helping them achieve safer, more positive futures, we would welcome your application. Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate how your experience, knowledge and skills meet the requirements of the role. Please apply on Fusion.

IMPORTANT: If you are an LBN member of staff and applying for this role as a secondment you should note that secondments are subject to the agreement of your current employing service. Please ensure that you inform your line manager of your intention to apply for the post in the first instance.

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We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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