JOB TITLE: Youth Worker

SWICN Youth Services
The Liberties Dublin 8.

Contract Duration: initial 12-month contract

Salary: Scale ranging from €33,965- €51,244 dependant on experience of candidate

SWICN Youth Services are located in the heart of the liberties in Dublin 8. We provide a safe and creative informal learning environment for young people between the ages of 10 and 24. We are a non-profit organization .We deliver the UBU Programme ‘Your Place Your Space’. For more information on what we do please go to http://theclubhouse.ie/about/

Job Title: Fulltime Youth Worker
Reports to: Manager

The candidate:

Essential Qualifications

• Professionally endorsed qualification in Youth Work or Youth and Community Worker a relevant Social Science Degree
  Or
• Have worked with young people for two years full time in a youth work setting and have an equivalent professional qualification within the social studies/youth work/education or community development field.

Job Description: 

An extensive range of activity based and targeted programmes for children and young people aged 10-24. From our after schools drop-in sessions, our sports, drama and arts programmes. We also have multi media programmes , coder sessions, Lego robotics, music, digital art & creative technology programmes to name but a few.

We are currently recruiting for 1 youth worker position. This youth worker role will be focused on leading and implementing youth work programmes of a high quality. The youth worker will receive support and supervision as part of a large in-house team.

We are specifically looking for candidates who may have a background in or experience of:

• Outdoor pursuits hill walking , fishing, cycling, camping , rock climbing & related activities
• Sports
• Educational support with young people, with experience in homework clubs or other educational activities
• Music programmes & creative art/digital /gaming & DJ tuition
• Maker programmes & video production

Responsibilities:

• Contributing to annual planning, reporting and review work for the project
• Carrying out assessments and recruiting young people for participation in the programme
• Engaging with and building professional trusting relationships with young people and their families.
• Providing support and advocating on behalf of young people.
• Identifying and facilitating programmes to meet the needs of the young people (with specific focus on supports in relation to informal educational work)
• Some Outreach & street work
• Weekend residentials at least two per year
• Some weekend and at least three evenings per week

Administration:

• Maintain up-to-date records in relation to the progress and development of young people.
• Attend weekly staff meetings with all other staff members of SWICN
• Support the implementation of SWICN Strategy, specifically in terms of engagement with young people
• Logic Model planning for youth work programmes
• Log book recording system

Other:

• Work directly alongside other staff members in various settings.
• Work as part of a team engaging in team meetings and appropriate supervision, review and planning sessions.
• Promote positive working relationships with external organisations.
• Maintain employer confidentiality at all times.
• Be responsible for time management.

Personal skills:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent motivation and ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent organisational and IT skills.

Application Process:

Please email a comprehensive CV and cover letter to the below email address by 5pm on Friday May 3nd 2024 to: youthjob@swicn.ie

This is a UBU Funded Programme