Job Description

Job description:

Foundation 92 is the official Charity of Salford City Football Club. Formed in November 2018 by the Class of 92, the Charity supports individuals as young as two years old, up to service users in the later stages of their lives.

Foundation 92 prides itself of on providing a truly person-centred intervention offer, which is developed in line with each service users' needs and desires, delivered under the following thematic delivery themes;

Health and Wellbeing Education Inclusion Youth Work Community engagement Mentoring
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Foundation 92's Community Engagement department as a Community Engagement Officer, who will be responsible for the delivery and development of the Foundation's youth work, community outreach and engagement offer and community reintegration programmes.

Working throughout Greater Manchester and Salford, Foundation 92 is proud to deliver a wide and diverse range of high quality, high impact, sustainable health improvement and physical education provision, across a range of sectors including; educational schools, local public spaces and leisure centres.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of Foundation 92's highly impactful and successful Community Engagement and Youth Work Programmes.

These programmes will support the community and young people, providing them with bespoke mentoring, advice, guidance and support which helps lead young people into ongoing employment, education and training alongside a holistic approach to enable support through soft skills such as communication, teamwork, leadership and confidence building. Alongside, supporting young people with decision making skills and life skills.

The post holder will be required to have a minimum of one years youth work experience, specifically working with young people in the Greater Manchester or Salford community who face multiple complex barriers which prevent them from achieving their goals, such as those who have experience crime, YOT orders, adverse living condition and social care work.

All post holders will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS clearance prior to the commencement of employment.

The main responsibilities of post holders are as follows;

Design, develop and deliver engagement strategies to complete impactful and successful outreach work within the community. Provide highly vulnerable young people, who face significant adversity and disadvantage within their lives, with bespoke and personalised youth work which helps reduce inequalities within young peoples' lives, helping them lead sustainable and progressive lifestyles. Design, deliver and develop a bespoke educational and personal development journey, which supports young people to realise and achieve their potential. Work collaboratively with a range of external partners such as; Youth Offending Teams, Youth Services, Greater Manchester Police, TFGM, BTP, Job Centre Plus, educational establishments and local businesses. Ensure the ongoing positive working relationships with existing Foundation 92 partners. Provide young people, where required, with one-to-one mentoring, advice and guidance which helps them identify their potential, creating a clear and sustained pathway where young people can, and are, able to achieve their potential. Provide a range of innovative and holistic behaviour and lifestyle change support provision, which supports young people, ensuring service users' needs are met at all times, in a bespoke, person centred manner. Successfully manage and partake in the recording of all outcomes against programmes set Key Performance Indicators, including supporting the department senior leadership team with the completion of all programme reporting in line with funder requirements. Assist with the development of all youth work programmes, coordinating specific areas within the department to ensure the department as a whole is able to grow, develop and support more young people. Support programme delivery and community engagement activities by driving a company vehicle to Mobile Hub Sites across Greater Manchester and Salford when required.
Additional pay:

Bonus scheme
Schedule:

Monday to Friday Weekend Availability
Ability to commute/relocate:

Salford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 24,000.00-28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Casual dress Company pension Employee discount
Work Location: In person