Job Title: Male Youth Work Intern
Location: Putney
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Job type: Fixed term – 1 year, 35 hours per week (Full Time)
About the role and Regenerate:
Regenerate is looking to recruit a highly motivated Intern to train as a Youth Worker and Mentor. As a youth work intern, you will support Regenerate’s youth work in Putney, Roehampton and surrounding areas while also developing your own skills.
Regenerate is a youth charity based in Roehampton, SW London that aims to create opportunities for young people to thrive.
Regenerate’s mission is to inspire and support young people by building strong, lasting relationships and creating life changing opportunities; helping them grow in confidence, make the best of their lives and impact the world for good.
Our youth club and mentoring service provides a safe space to hang out while also providing opportunities that support young people to develop key skills such as; confidence, ability to plan, self-management and social skills; build positive relationships, and engage with education employment and training opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Support planning and delivery of 3 youth work sessions a week, and support other activities or trips during holidays and occasional weekends
- Proactively engage young people and build positive relationships with them, their families and the local community
- Take responsibility to effectively manage challenging behaviour, utilising you’re training and Regenerate’s policies and procedures
- Work effectively with the team to deliver good youth work practice
- Learn about, implement and review risk assessments for youth activities
- Assist in collating monitoring and evaluation information
- Plan and deliver mentoring sessions to a caseload of mentees in the community and local schools, co-developing action plans tailored to mentees’ goals and based on an executive function skills development approach
- Adhere to Regenerate’s code of conduct, protocols and practices when working with all young people (All necessary training will be provided)
- Interact with the Jack Petchey Foundation to maximise benefits of the internship programme; including attendance at e4vents, training and mentoring opportunities throughout the year
The Candidate:
To reflect the needs of our current demographic of young people and their needs, we are looking for a male intern to fill this role. You will be:
- Supportive of the aims and purposes of Regenerate
- Committed to improving the outcomes of young people
- Have a knowledge, understanding and commitment to promoting equity and diversity
- Excellent communicator
- Team player with self-motivation, perseverance and determination
- Sensitivity and pragmatism to deal with delicate situations
- Ability to communicate at all levels and build relationships quickly
You may also have:
- Some experience of working with young people
- A good understanding of the issues that young people face today
- Administration experience
Development:
At Regenerate, we understand the importance of providing progression, development opportunities and continued learning.
As part of this role, you will have a significant opportunity to develop your skillset, with access to learning and development budget as well as mentoring and coaching from other team members and external partners.
This is a brilliant opportunity to build your expertise, gain new transferable skills and work experience, and increase your skills and knowledge around working with young people with complex needs.
Benefits:
- A £1000 Training bursary through the Jack Petchey Internship Programme
- Internal Training in an array of areas such as Youth Development, Equality Diversity and Inclusion, First Aid, Executive Functional Skills Coaching and Trauma Informed Practice
- Generous annual leave policy of 25 days, plus bank holidays, and 3 extra days between Christmas and new year
- A few extra ‘recharge hours’ are given per quarter for you to re-charge your battery
- Wellbeing wallet of £100 a year towards treats of your choice such as books, pampering kit or days out
- Staff away days and regular team bonding days/socials
- Working for a recognised and respected name in the local borough and charitable youth work sector, which acts as a springboard to future roles
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Please note all offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of reference, right to work and DBS checks.
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