Children, Young People & Volunteer Worker

The key elements of your role will be

Talk to children and young people about the IV

role, establish if they'd like an IV and what a good match would look like in a

volunteer

Support in recruitment, selection and training

of volunteers

Be a constant source of support and guidance to

volunteers

Work with and regularly keep in touch with

social workers, parents, residential homes, children and young people,

volunteers and other stakeholders to ensure matches are going well, are safe,

and visits taking place regularly.

Organise and host quarterly events for children,

young people and volunteers

Implement the organisations participation

framework, ensuring young peoples voices are heard and supporting them to

co-deliver aspects of the project

Identify opportunities to broaden the project to

better meet young peoples needs

Responsibilities)Your DutiesWorking with your

Manager(s)1. Work with your Managers to ensure that they receive appropriate advice

and information on all relevant matters thus enabling them to fulfill their

responsibilities, and to effectively monitor plans and targets.Leading and Managing

your Work Areas2. Work with your Managers in developing and implementation of a programme

of beneficial and developmental activities for Children and Families.3. Lead sessions for children, young people and

volunteers ensuring that activities are delivered effectively, safely and

taking into account the needs of participants. Service Delivery4. To engage and build relationships with children and young people and

their families, on a one to one and group basis, using a variety of ways of

working, to identify needs and to help them achieve positive outcomes.5. Use a variety of ways of working to help children and young people make

changes that matter to them and to achieve their own goals.6. Ensure provision of support that protects, respect and promote the rights

and responsibilities of the people we work with.7. Ensure provision gives the

people we work with appropriate opportunity for participation, developing and

maintaining mechanisms for participation.8. Engage with child and young people, and significant adults in their

lives, to build and maintain effective, supportive and empowering

relationships.9. Contribute to assessments as appropriate.10. To use feedback and data from young people and other stakeholders to

inform the planning and design of work to be carried out with them and feedback

progress against actions plans resulting from the work.11. Work with parents where appropriate to identify and action needs to

enable them to meet the needs of their family.12. Operate within ethical and professional boundaries relevant to your role

and the people you work with.13. Coach, mentor and train volunteers, and supervise their practice.14. To work co-operatively with other professionals in childrens services,

health agencies and other community based services, to provide the most

effective support for children young people and families.15. To be responsible for ensuring robust case and session recording, report

writing and producing and keeping management information. This includes outputs

and outcome recording for every session or activity undertaken.Other Duties16. Work to CFNE policies and procedures and to

implement said policies and procedures.17. To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably

requested from time to time your Line Manager

18. It may be necessary to change these duties in

accordance with the needs of the job and the project. Existing duties may be

changed, and new duties may be added. Any changes will be made in consultation

with you.

Futures North East is a vibrant and fast-growing Charity that is in the

privileged position to be able to trial new approaches to working with children

and families to catalyse their own, sustainable change. Over the past 26 years,

we have grown from an estate-based youth club to a provider of children and

families work across Tees Valley, particularly specialising in work that

supports and is enabled through healthy relationships.

delivery of emotional wellbeing and mental health services pioneering mentalisation based

therapy for couples in Tees Valley, and providing EMHPs, CWP and Counsellors

into the childrens emotional wellbeing system through two partnerships, as

well as delivering adverse childhood experiences programmes for parents and

children separately.

care experienced young people

through a fostering service (underpinned by a bespoke trauma informed

therapeutic training programme, changing futures through fostering) and through

mentoring and befriending support

Reducing

parental conflict services

delivering mediation and groupwork programmes, and supporting statutory

agencies across England to embed a reducing parental conflict offer within

their systems

Qualifications

Essential: - GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade C or above (or equivalent qualifications) or ability to work towards and achieve these

Knowledge

Desirable: - Understanding of trauma

Work Related

Experience

Essential: - Experience working with young people (ideally teenagers)

Skills

Desirable: - Reflective practice

Personal Attributes