Youth Outreach Worker - Kent

Fearless is the youth brand of Crimestoppers, offering young people access to non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality. The work of Fearless is focused on helping young people make informed decisions about reporting crime. As the Youth Outreach Worker for Kent, you will help young people to understand different crime topics and break down the barriers to reporting crime. This will be done through the delivery of workshops in schools and other youth settings. The Youth Outreach Worker will also build partnerships locally with other organisations, to provide a coordinated response to youth crime and exploitation across Kent.

In this role, you will:

·        To deliver our Fearless and Bystander Approach programme for young people in Secondary Schools and youth settings across Kent and for the professionals working with those young people;

-         Facilitating a bespoke Fearless workshop

-         Ensuring the workshop links to the prevention needs of young people within Kent and surrounding areas.

·        To build partnerships locally with: Secondary schools/academies, Pupil Referral Unit’s (PRU), youth agencies, Police, Local Authorities and other organisations

·        Implement a robust evaluation method, including compiling statistics of the workshops and partnership work for internal and external reports.

·        Look for ongoing opportunities to raise the awareness of the Fearless service direct to young people and the professionals working with them.

·        To work with the Regional Manager and Development Team to secure continued funding opportunities.

·        To represent the Fearless team at events.

·        Source opportunities to engage with young people outside of the school environment e.g creation of materials for youth clubs/workers, social media campaigns etc.

·        Support Fearless Head Office Team to develop content for Fearless social media platforms.

·        To create and build relationships to deliver activities in term time and school holidays.

Ideally, you'll have:

·        Experience in evaluating outcomes (Essential) 

·        The ability to plan your own work, use your initiative and meet deadlines (Essential)

·        Training and understanding of Safeguarding (Essential)

·        Experience of developing and delivering workshops (Essential) 

·        Significant experience of working with young people (Essential)

·        Experience of working in a school environment, youth setting or similar (Essential)

·        Understanding of key crime issues experienced by young people (Essential)

·        Excellent communication (including proficient use of MS Office programs), presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to work and communicate with a variety of different audiences and stakeholders (Essential)

·        Experience of project management (Desirable)

·        First aid qualification (Desirable)

·        Qualification in Youth Work or Teaching (Desirable)

·        Understanding of social media platforms and content creation (Desirable)

·        Understanding of the impact of serious organised crime on young people (Desirable)