Arts & Crafts Youth Worker

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Job title

Arts and Crafts Youth Worker

Salary:

£9.00 – per Hour

Reporting to:

Junior Club Coordinator

Holidays:

33 days including bank holidays pro rata

Location:

Inspire Youth Zone - Chorley

Hours:

Friday 4-9pm

Key Relationships:

Youth Zone Coordinators, Youth Zone staff, young people, parents and local partners

Job Purpose:

The Arts, alongside Sport and Youth Work is at the heart of Inspire’s offer to young people. The Arts offer at Inspire is wide ranging and includes visual arts, music, media, dance and drama. As a member of Arts Team, you will be key in ensuring young people have access to an exciting and creative arts programme that will be challenging, stimulating, fun, engaging and developmental. You will be involved in teaching the fundamentals of a single or range of arts activities in line with your own specialism, enabling young people to explore their creativity and grow their skills.

Context of the post:

Youth Zones are amazing places: accessible, vibrant, welcoming, fun and caring are just some of the words used by young people to describe their Youth Zone. Inspire Youth Zone, which is opening in April 2018 will be no different. Youth Zones are for young people aged 8 to 19, and up to 25 for young people with additional needs. Inspire Youth Zone is part of the growing OnSide network alongside Bolton, Blackburn, Manchester, Oldham, Carlisle, Wigan, Wolverhampton, Warrington and Wirral.

Inspire Youth Zone is centrally located, dedicated to young people making a bold statement about the importance of giving young people high quality places to go in their leisure time and has big ambitions to be a flagship for quality youth provision. Open 7 days a week, at weekends and during school holidays, the Youth Zone’s purpose is to help young people grow to be happy, healthy and successful adults.

The state-of-the-art £4.8 million building will provide young people with access to a range of activities, all offering young people the opportunity to try new things, meet new friends and gain support from friendly, warm and positive staff and volunteers. The facilities include a 3G pitch, a gym, sports hall and recreation area, and dance, arts, music and media suites.

Within the Arts Team we are looking for a range of talented arts youth workers to make up a team with a diverse set of skills and expertise who are also passionate about working with young people. You will have experience delivering in one or more of the following areas:

· Visual arts (painting, drawing, etc)

· Photography

· Textiles

· Fashion

· Costume design

· Media, design and animation

· Window art & displays

Support the Vision, shape the culture and embed the following values of Inspire Youth Zone.

Our Values

Always Inspirational

Be a positive role model to young people and each other

Provide Leadership

Be excellent

Duties and Responsibilities - Detailed

· To listen to young people and create a seasonal arts and crafts activities

· To deliver arts and craft activities to young people ranging from Valentine’s Day cards to fashion and design.

· The role is 100% face to face delivery with young people.

· Ensure that the arts and crafts activities are carried out in a safe and supervised environment.

· As part of the wider team maximise opportunities to lead or assist in events where necessary.

· To undertake and attend regular training and development sessions and events where required

· To encourage attendance and participation in arts activities, particularly by young people who do not usually participate in art.

· Safeguarding young people is paramount.

And Also

· Be a role model for young people and present a positive “can do” attitude

· Take personal responsibility for own actions.

· Commit to a culture of continuous improvement

· Work within the performance framework of Inspire Youth Zone and OnSide

· Represent Inspire Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners

· Comply with all policies and procedures, with particular reference to safeguarding, codes of conduct, health and safety and equality and diversity to ensure all activities are accessible

· Represent Inspire Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners

· To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of Youth Zone members is promoted and safeguarded, and to report any child protection concerns to the designated Child Protection Officers using the safeguarding policies, procedures and practice (training to be provided)

· To assist with any promotional activities and visits that take place at the Youth Zone

· To actively promote the Youth Zone and positively contribute towards increasing Youth Zone membership

· This role includes evenings and weekends.

Application Deadline: 09/07/2021

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £9.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Weekends

COVID-19 considerations:
Sanitisation stations throughout the centre. Extra cleaning in place. Lateral Flow test kits for staff to take home.

Experience:

• Youth work: 1 year (required)
• arts and crafts: 1 year (preferred)