Youth Worker / Life Ready Coach

Job Type: Part Time, Fixed Term until 31st December 2026

Location: Kings Lynn

Working Hours: 15 / 30 hours per week

Salary: GBP11.68 per hour (Pro Rata)

Benefits:

Health Care Plan.34 days (pro rata) per annum inclusive of Bank and Public Holidays.An additional day of annual leave (pro rata) awarded after 5 and 10 years of continuous long service.Health and wellbeing events and activities.Family friendly policies.In service training opportunities and bursaries investing in your development.Annual staff day and staff awards to celebrate our successes.Death in service benefit of 2 x annual salary.Regular line management and support.Staff discount at Williams Kitchen Caf??, Explorers Soft Play & Muddy Puddles Nursery.

About YMCA Norfolk:

YMCA Norfolk is a great place to work, offering meaningful opportunities to make a difference in the lives of young people, valuing the skills and attributes of every member of our team. We strive to enable staff to focus on their aspirations and fulfil their potential. Work with us and make every day count, helping young people towards a brighter future!

Role Overview - Youth Worker / Life Ready Coach:

In this fantastic role, your primary responsibility is to deliver transformational activities, dedicated coaching and support to young people in Kings Lynn. You ll be tasked with delivering 1:1 coaching sessions and holding & managing a case load.

Responsibilities Youth Worker / Life Ready Coach:

Provide engagement, educational and general learning activities to young people.Support young people to identify, explore and commit to written long term personal development and employment goals.Deliver accredited training, such as ASDAN s and increase aspirations and confidence in young people.Deliver Tenancy and Independent Living Skills courses.Support young people who are taking part in the programme in matters such as housing benefits.Complete an Outcome Star with young people on the programme in order to show progress.Support volunteers of the programme.Carry out risk assessments and reviews for planned activities when necessary. The post may require you to meet with young people on an evening over 7 days.

Requirements:

Understanding of effective participation methodology.Have or be happy to work towards a Coaching qualification.Engagement skills with young people and adults from a variety of backgrounds.Excellent interpersonal skills, sufficient to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff, young people and external contacts.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Able to develop strong positive working relationships with colleagues.Prior experience of working in a partnership setting.Proven track record of youth participation and involvement.Experience of acting in an advisory capacity, confidently making recommendations to external partners.Skilled in running small group sessions/activities with young people. O level / GCSE or Equivalent in Maths and English.Evidence of recent relevant training.Able to work with and support young people from all backgrounds.Able and willing to work unsocial hours.Hold a full driving licence and have own transport.

YMCA Norfolk is committed to creating a truly equal and inclusive environment. We aim to recruit and retain great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it s the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger and expect all staff, external workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note the successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check prior to starting employment.

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.