Contextual Safeguarding Youth Support Worker

Job Description

Enfield Youth Development Service is located within the Children and Families division part of the Youth People and Community Safety Department and well placed to support young people with additional needs, including ‘children in need’, those on a child plan of protection, children looked after and young people engaging in risky behaviour. This is a part time position (18 hours per week), with a pro-rata salary range of £14,335 - £15,481 per annum.

Enfield Youth Development Service works with young people aged 11-19, (and up to 25 with young people with disabilities and learning difficulties). The key aim of youth work is to provide personal and social development opportunities to children and young people to help them transition to adulthood and achieve the best outcomes, whilst promoting good citizenship.

• Use a variety of youth work methods to positively engage young people (e.g., detached and outreach youth work, mentoring, advocacy, information, advice and guidance, one-to-one work, group work and project work).
• Be part of the contextual safeguarding youth work team, line managed by the Youth Service and directed by the Contextual Safeguarding Hub to target identified hot spots and at-risk young people.
• Work in a range of settings (streets, parks, communities, neighbourhoods, schools) and undertake evening and weekend work as required.
• Engage identified young people through one-to-one support, group work, projects and activities that promote learning and personal and social development and enable informed, safe choices outside the home.
• Deliver bespoke interventions tailored to young people’s needs to reduce engagement in risky behaviour and risk of harm, in line with themes/needs identified by the Contextual Safeguarding Hub.
• Share information and collaborate with key professional agencies involved in contextual safeguarding (e.g., social workers, Police, schools/PRUs/Colleges, youth offending service, community safety, health, housing).
• Support and challenge young people’s attitudes and actions on issues such as unemployment, drugs, poverty, racism, sexism, disability, health, sexuality, criminality, peer and parental pressure.

As part of your role you will be required to work with young people to establish a relationship of trust and to deliver activities in various settings. You will be expected to align with the service requirements for evening and weekend work and to contribute to safeguarding standards.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Joanne Mougis on  or  for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Natalia Bakhanova, Recruitment & Onboarding Advisor, on  or nata

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