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Y sort it Young Carer Service supports young carers aged between 10-25yrs across West Dunbartonshire. The role of the Youth Support Worker will be to support young carers and young adult carers (16-25 years) in making informed choices around issues that are important to them, through one to one support, group work sessions & respite.
You will be offering 1-2-1 support, developing support plans, providing support to help young carers / young adult carers within their caring role.
Young carers are supported through a range of measures to alleviate the caring role and your role will be to work closely with schools, partner agencies and family members to ensure they are able to be a young person first and foremost.
The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Young Carers Service including overnight stays for respite.
Y Sort It provides a range of youth activities, groups and support services for children and young people throughout West Dunbartonshire.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Youth Workers who are passionate about developing and delivering quality, engaging & fun youth work activities for children & young people across West Dunbartonshire
Your main role will be to work within the Youth Work & Outreach Team to develop and deliver an exciting and engaging youth work programme including our established youth groups and youth work provision, which help achieve Y Sort It’s core values of support, connect and inspire. You will work closely with children & young people, their families and any relevant partners, to ensure they are informed and supported to participate in any programmes, and any other community based activities.
The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work will involve working, evenings, school holidays and weekends. The post holder should be flexible as the actual times of work may change to respond to the demands of the work of the Youth Work Team including overnight stays.