WE ARE HIRING

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Opportunities to join our award-winning team!—

We are looking for people to join our highly regarded team to nurture, enable & inspire young people. 

Youth Support Worker (Casual staff) 

*** Summer work available ***

£11.44 per hour (higher rate available depending on experience) 

Flexible work – choose your work from the dates we offer.  

– Summer, Oct Half Term, and Easter school holidays: Flexible dates at locations across Oxfordshire.
– Term-time: Occasional and flexible work available on Wednesday evenings, Friday evenings, and Saturday mornings at youth groups in Oxford. 

We are looking for enthusiastic Youth Support Workers to support young people who are autistic without a Learning Disability.
Work is flexible and available during Summer, October Half Term, and Easter school holidays and term-time.

• Summer, Oct Half Term, and Easter school holidays: Join our staff team at our holiday activities – providing fun activities such as gaming, horse-riding, laser tag, bowling, axe throwing, and archery.  You will support young people aged 8 – 18 who are fun-loving, engaging and autistic without a Learning Disability. Staff are not required to participate in the actual activity – your primary role is to support the young people to participate, socialise and make friends.
  Hours are Monday – Friday, at various times and locations including Oxford, Didcot, and Banbury. You will be provided with our Easter/Summer programme, asked for your availability, and allocated work accordingly.
• Term-time – occasional evenings and/or Saturday mornings: We are looking for occasional staff cover at our youth groups. Our youth groups are well-established, friendly, and fun. You will work with a small team of experienced and welcoming staff and volunteers. Locations are in Oxford and Wolvercote. We offer work on occasional Wednesday evenings, Friday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Professional experience in working with young people in a group setting is essential. It is essential that you can communicate effectively with young autistic people, have good social skills, participate in play and leisure activities, and work effectively using your initiative as well as in a team

Closing Date: Ongoing – we are always looking for casual staff to join our team so please apply at any time. We are particularly keen to receive applications in readiness for Easter and Summer school holidays.    

To Apply:
Please download the below Job Description and refer to the job duties and person specification criteria.

Please send your CV and a covering letter addressing how your experience matches the role and personal specification to Gita Lobo, Chief Executive Officer, by EMAIL. The cover letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4.

DOWNLOAD: Job Description  – Casual Youth Support Worker  (The PDF will open / download on your device. If you are using Google Chrome check your DOWNLOADS folder)

Youth Group Coordinator (Wednesday evenings)

£13.20 per hour, 4.75 hours per week

Wednesdays, 6PM – 9:30PM, Term-time only. 

Cowley, Oxford

Closing Date:  Sunday 4th August 2024

“It’s hard to imagine life without youth group. There has always been people to talk to if I am having a rough time, and I have made a lot of lifelong friends along the way.”

This is a truly rewarding role to manage our well-established and much-loved youth group for 18 to 25-year-olds who are autistic without a Learning Disability. The youth group provides a relaxed, nurturing, and empowering space for members to socialise and build confidence, friendships, and independence.  Typically, the members attend mainstream college or employment and are seeking to become more independent and connected.

You will coordinate the youth group, line manage one Youth Support Worker and a group of volunteers, enable young people to participate in activities and socialise, encourage independence, and actively enable the young people to organise youth group activities and trips themselves.

Weekly working hours are Wednesdays 6PM  – 9:30PM, during school term-time only (39 weeks per year). An additional 1.25 hours per week is provided for planning, admin, occasional staff meetings, or training – this additional time may be accrued and used when needed.

Professional experience in leading group work with young people/adults is essential. The successful candidate must be able to nurture and enable young people on the autism spectrum, be a good leader, very organised, work responsibly using initiative, can model and encourage good social skills, and be mature with a sense of fun.

To Apply:
Please download the below Job Description and refer to the job duties and person specification.

Please send your CV and a covering letter addressing how your experience matches the role and personal specification to Gita Lobo, Chief Executive Officer, by EMAIL. The cover letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4.

DOWNLOAD: JOB DESCRIPTION Youth Group Coordinator (Wednesdays)  [The PDF will open in a window or download on your device. If you are using Google Chrome check your DOWNLOADS folder]

Closing Date: Sunday 4th August 2024 

Youth Group Coordinator (Friday evenings)
– Maternity Cover 

£13.20 per hour, 4 hours per week

Fridays, 6PM – 9PM, Term-time only. 

Wolvercote, Oxford😊

Terms: Fixed-term contract starting Friday 6th September 2024. We envisage the post ending on Friday 15th February 2024 but is subject to change with notice. 

Closing Date:  Sunday 4th August 2024

“It has helped to build up my confidence to go out more because I’m able to mix with people at Youth Club who are like me and my age. It has helped me to talk to people more and I’m making more friends. The staff and the volunteers understand me.“

Another rewarding opportunity to make a difference and lead an inspiring youth group. You will manage our well-established weekly youth group for 13 to 17 year olds who are autistic without a Learning Disability. You will coordinate the youth group, line manage one Youth Support Worker and a group of volunteers, support and enable young people to participate in activities and socialising, and organise activities – with assistance from staff and volunteers.

The youth group provides a relaxed space for members to chillout, socialise, organise activities and offsite trips, build confidence, social skills, friendships, and independence.  Typically, the members attend mainstream school or college and are engaging, humorous, and supportive of each other.

Weekly working hours are Fridays 6PM  – 9PM, during school term-time only (39 weeks per year). An additional 1 hour per week is provided for planning, admin, occasional staff meetings, or training – this additional time may be accrued and used when needed.

Professional experience in leading group work with young people/adults is essential. The successful candidate must be able to nurture and enable young people on the autism spectrum, be a good leader, very organised, work responsibly using initiative, can model and encourage good social skills, and be mature with a sense of fun.

To Apply:

Please download the below Job Description and refer to the job duties and person specification criteria.

Please send your CV and a covering letter addressing how your experience matches the role and personal specification to Gita Lobo, Chief Executive Officer, by EMAIL. The cover letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4.

DOWNLOAD: JOB DESCRIPTION  Youth Group Coordinator (Fridays – Maternity Cover)  [The PDF will open in a window or download on your device. If you are using Google Chrome check your DOWNLOADS folder]

Closing Date: Sunday 4th August 2024 

TO APPLY   

Please download the relevant Job Description and if you match the skills and experience we are looking for then please do apply.

Please send your CV and a covering letter addressing how your experience matches the role and personal specification to Gita Lobo, Chief Executive Officer, by EMAIL. The cover letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4.

Enquiries: If you have a specific query about a vacancy, or have difficulty accessing the Job Description,  please contact Gita Lobo, Chief Executive Officer, by EMAIL or tel: 07929 379125