The Junction is recruiting for Children’s and Young Peoples Participation and Social Action Coordinator
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Contract Type: Initially fixed term until 31 March 2026
The Junction is a respected charity working to make a difference to the lives of children young people and their families. We are proud of our reputation and believe that all of our workers are key to establishing positive relationships, building trust, self-belief, a sense of family and belonging.
We are a growing and developing organisation and have made substantial progress within our Children and Young People’s Participation, Voice and Social Action over recent years, developments include:
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Strategic commitment to children and young people’s voice through our Participation Policy and Strategic Plan
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Regular Social Action and Campaigning on concerns and interests raised by children and young people
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Children and young people’s participation through our strategic decision-making group, The Junction Heart, who ensure:
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their views are represented across all levels of the charity
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their achievements celebrated
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that participation and service development is led by young people and
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that our range of services focus groups act as a frontline feedback mechanisms
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A growing amount of externally commission Youth Voice and Participation work including the PCC Youth Information Advisory Group, support to Redcar and Cleveland’s Children Service Youth Participation work and various other initiatives.
Much of this work has been led by the senior leadership team and we are now seeking to sustain and develop this work with a good practice, coordination and capacity resource. In order to do this, we are seeking an experienced practitioner who has experience of supporting children and young people from a range of backgrounds to develop the confidence and skills necessary to have their voice heard as well as the experience of delivering project outcomes to timescale in a dynamic environment. The right candidate will have experience of working with complexity, managing stakeholder relationships and the ability to deliver key project milestones. This includes line management of support workers, monitoring and interpreting data to formulate reports and improve performance through monitoring, the ability to contribute to the development of participation work and design new projects to meet identified need is essential. Key to this is ensuring decision making and coproduction with children and young people informs everything that we do.
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a candidate who has the commitment and drive to deliver great outcomes for young people and ensure their views are utilised to create positive change. You will be supported in your role by the Youth and Participation Lead and Chief Executive.
To apply
When writing your application please ensure you address the person specification provided and highlight any information in excess of the criteria. If you would like to discuss the requirements of the post or have any questions about the role please contact Phil Dolphin on 01642 756000 or via e mail at philip.dolphin@thejunctionfoundation.com.
Please visit: https://thejunctionfoundation.com to download an application pack. Completed packs to be emailed to recruitment@thejunctionfoundation.com or post to The Junction, Admin Team, Westfield Farm, The Green, Dormanstown, TS10 5NA.
We do not accept CV’s full pack to be completed.
Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 2 October 2023.
only successful applicants will be contacted.
Interviews: Monday 16 October 2023.
The Junction is an inclusive employer and encourages applications from individuals with from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. As a disability confident employer if you require any reasonable adjustments within the recruitment process, please let us know.
The Junction is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant checks deemed appropriate.
Contact
The Junction
01642 756000
recruitment@thejunctionfoundation.com
The closing date for this job is 2 October 2023 - 12:00pm.