Youth workers are part-teacher, part-social worker, part mental health professional and much more. For many young people, we are an extension of family. It is our duty to help them achieve the future they deserve. Through grit, determination and positivity.
| Job Title: | Play Work Manager |
| Salary: | Up to £28,000 |
| Hours: Holidays: | Full Time 40 hours per week. 33 days including bank holidays. |
| Role profile: | Download the FULL ROLE PROFILE: Play Work Manager Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | The role will work with the Head of Operations and Operational Leadership Team to develop the wide range of existing universal play, youth, sport, and arts provision, focussing on working with young people aged 8 to 12. We are looking for an experienced, dynamic, qualified professional with significant experience of managing excellent universal programmes for large numbers of children and young people. You will hold line management responsibility seeking to ensure that there is strong evidence of effective performance in line with our vision, mission, values, and strategic objectives. The role will require you to have previous experience within a youth work setting and strong evidence of excellent safeguarding knowledge and practice. You will lead, support, and develop our universal team (full time and part) to identify and cultivate existing and new programmes of activity for young people across multi areas of Chorley. You will introduce continual improvements and ensure best practice in all service delivery whilst managing and achieving in line with KPIs which may include, but not limited to, attendance, outcomes and service impact, retention, partnerships, and reputation. |
| Application process: | Email your CV, together with the completed Application Form to ryan.powell@inspireyouthzone.org |
Closing Date: | 22/04/22 Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Job Title: | Business Development Coordinator: Campaigns & Sponsorship |
| Salary: | £26,000 – £32,240 PA dependant on experience |
| Hours: Holidays: | Full Time 40 hours per week. 33 days including bank holidays. |
| Role profile: | Download the FULL ROLE PROFILE: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR – CAMPAIGNS & SPONSORSHIP Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | This newly created post of Business Development Coordinator will be central to supporting the wider Business Development Team in generating the income needed to support thousands of local young people. Reporting to the Head of Business Development and Communications you will be responsible for the delivery of the charities income generation campaigns including new sponsorship strategy, building new meaningful relationships and securing and stewarding this income stream. Scope of Role: • Implementation of brand new campaigns (including sponsorship opportunities) on behalf of Inspire Chorley Youth Zone • Generating funds to an agreed target • Developing new and maintaining strong relationships with sponsors |
| Application process: | Email your CV, together with a covering letter OR a 2 minute video telling us about yourself and why you think you’re the right person for this role to: Karen.Hunter@inspireyouthzone.org |
| Closing Date: | Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Job Title: | Business Development Coordinator: Grants & Trusts |
| Salary: | £26,000 – £32,240 PA dependant on experience |
| Hours: Holidays: | Full Time 40 hours per week. 33 days including bank holidays. |
| Role profile: | Download the FULL ROLE PROFILE: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR – GRANTS & TRUSTS Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | This newly created post of Business Development Coordinator specialising in Grants and Trusts, will be central to supporting the wider Business Development Team in generating income needed to support thousands of local young people. Reporting to the Head of Business Development, you will be responsible for the delivery of the charities new Grant Fundraising strategy, creating and developing an active pipeline of prospective funders, building relations with donors and securing and stewarding this income stream. Scope of Role: |
| Application process: | Email your CV, together with a covering letter OR a 2 minute video telling us about yourself and why you think you’re the right person for this role to: Karen.Hunter@inspireyouthzone.org |
| Closing Date: | Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales |
| Job Title: | Mentoring Coordinator |
| Salary: | £23,000 – £26,000 |
| Hours: Holidays: | Fixed Term 12 months: full-time. 37.5 hours per week 33 days including bank holidays. |
| Role profile: | Download the FULL ROLE PROFILE: Mentoring Coordinator Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | The Mentoring Coordinator will deliver an effective, structured Mentoring and Development programme to vulnerable and at-risk children and young people from across Chorley. You will be responsible for the management of a cohort of young people and their volunteer mentors. You will match young people with appropriate mentors and manage the mentoring relationship they share. This role involves working in an innovative and creative way to engage children and young people and proactively support their development through the mentoring process to achieve positive outcomes outlined by the ECM framework. Children and young people will be referred to the mentoring programme from several agencies including Children’s Social Care, Family Support Teams, Youth Offending Services, Schools, Health Practitioners and many more. This post requires a multi-agency approach involving consistent, regular communication with all professionals involved with the young person to meet their needs and improve their outcomes effectively. Meeting targets as outlined by funders is a significant element of this role to ensure the quality of support young people and their mentors receive to achieve outcomes. This post involves a commitment to the completion of all relevant paperwork, reports and recording processes ensuring they are both accurate and timely. |
| Application process: | To apply, please email a CV to ryan.powell@inspireyouthzone.org, together with a concise covering letter setting out your reasons for applying for this position. |
| Closing Date: | Closing Date: Sunday 1st May Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Role: | Junior Activity Youth Worker |
| Salary: | £8.91 – £9.50 ph |
| Hours: Holidays: | Saturdays 11 – 3pm with possibility of more hours 33 days including bank holidays |
| Role profile | Download the full role profile: Junior Job Profile Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | The Recreation / Activity area is the heart of Inspire Youth Zone, acting as the social hub – it is an area where anything can happen. As a member of the team you will be key in ensuring young people have access to an exciting and engaging programme in which anybody can participate. The role requires the creation of a space that is warm, welcoming, active and full of life and challenge. You will provide supervision and advice to young people and to supporting members of staff and volunteers. |
| Application process: | Please email a CV to bethany.henry@inspireyouthzone.org, together with a concise covering letter setting out your reasons for applying for this position. |
| Closing Date: | Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Role: | Senior Rec Activity Youth Worker |
| Salary: | £8.91 – £9.50 ph |
| Hours: Holidays: | Monday, Wednesday & Friday, hours may vary between 4-10pm 33 days including bank holidays |
| Role profile | Download the full role profile: Senior Rec Youth Worker Job Profile Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | The Recreation / Activity area is the heart of Inspire’s offer to young people. The Recreation offer at Inspire, is wide ranging and as a member of the team you will be key in ensuring young people have access to an exciting and engaging programme. The role requires the creation of a space that is warm, welcoming, active and full of life and challenge. You will provide supervision and advice to young people and to supporting members of staff and volunteers. |
| Application process: | Please email a CV to bethany.henry@inspireyouthzone.org, together with a concise covering letter setting out your reasons for applying for this position. |
| Closing Date: | Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Role: | Cook |
| Salary: | £9.00 per hour |
| Hours: Holidays: | 10 – 15 hours per week on a rota basis, hours predominantly evenings and weekends, (additional hours may be available for events, during school holidays and to cover staff annual leave) 33 days including bank holidays pro rata |
| Role profile | Download the full role profile: Role-Profile-COOK Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | Inspire Youth Zone, is open to young people 7 days a week, evening and weekends and for some young people, Inspire will be a second home. The café and canteen area is an essential part of the offer to young people and as the Catering and Café Supervisor you will develop, manage and deliver the catering provision at the Youth Zone, ensuring young people have access to inspiring and healthy dishes and the café is warm and welcoming to all. |
| Application process: | Please email a CV to david.brewer@inspireyouthzone.org, together with a concise covering letter setting out your reasons for applying for this position. |
| Closing Date: | Close date for this role: Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Role: | Be Tasty / Teaching Kitchen Youth Worker |
| Salary: | £8.91 – £9.50 ph |
| Hours: Holidays: | Thursday 4 – 8pm & Saturday 11am – 3pm 33 days including bank holidays |
| Role profile | Download the full role profile: Baking Job Profile Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | The Arts, alongside Sport and Youth Work is at the heart of Inspire’s offer to young people. The Arts offer at Inspire is wide ranging and includes visual arts, music, media, dance and drama. As a member of Arts Team, you will be key in ensuring young people have access to an exciting and creative arts programme that will be challenging, stimulating, fun, engaging and developmental. You will be involved in teaching the fundamentals of a single or range of arts activities in line with your own specialism, enabling young people to explore their creativity and grow their skills. |
| Application process: | Please email a CV to bethany.henry@inspireyouthzone.org, together with a concise covering letter setting out your reasons for applying for this position. |
| Closing Date: | Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Job Title: | Targeted Youth Worker / Be Transformed |
| Salary: | £8.91 per hour |
| Hours: Holidays: | 8 hours per week 33 days including bank holidays pro rata |
| Role profile | Download the full role profile: Job advert – Be transformed Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | Be Transformed is an area within our centre that encompasses the ethos of ‘being transformed’ both on the inside as well as the outside. This area has a salon like appearance and includes all the tools needed to reach potential within hair and beauty. Firstly Be Transformed is somewhere where young people go to feel good about themselves they learn all about hair, make up, nails, get dressed up and pamper themselves. Secondly it is somewhere that young people go to access targeted youth work, whether through specific programmes or general session young people go in to Be Transformed to get advice and support around their day to day life and challenges. |
| Application process: | Please send your CV to michael.wilkinson@inspireyouthzone.org |
| Closing Date: | Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Role: | Arts Youth Worker |
| Salary: | £8.91 – 9.50 per hour |
| Hours: Holidays: | Sunday afternoon 11am- 2pm (Family day) 33 days including bank holidays pro rata |
| Role profile | Download the full role profile: Art Sunday Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | The Arts, alongside Sport and Youth Work is at the heart of Inspire’s offer to young people. The Arts offer at Inspire is wide ranging and includes visual arts, music, media, dance and drama. As a member of the Be Creative team, you will be key in ensuring young people have access to an exciting and creative arts programme that will be challenging, stimulating, fun, engaging and developmental. You will be involved in teaching the fundamentals of a single or range of arts activities in line with your own specialism, enabling young people to explore their creativity and grow their skills. This role is directly working with young people and their parents/guardian on Inspire’s family day. On Sunday we do not have a minimum age requirement for young people. Therefore if you have experience working with nursery age up to 19 years (up to 25 years old if they have any additional support needs) |
| Application process: | Please email your CV and correspondence cover letter to lauren.larcombe@inspireyouthzone.org |
| Closing Date: | Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
| Role: | Detached Youth Worker |
| Salary: | £9.50 – £12.50 per hour |
| Hours: Holidays: | Part-time 4 – 12 hours pw 33 days including bank holidays pro rata |
| Role profile | Download the full role profile: Job Profile Detached Youth Worker Please also see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice as well as our Equality Monitoring Form |
| More about the role: | Inspire Youth Zone is looking for a detached youth worker who can engage with young people aged 8 – 19 years old within the community. You will work to deliver positive youth work programmes that encourages appropriate behaviour and positive activities accessible for the age range. The role will include prometon of social action projects, with a particular aim to reduce anti-social behaviour through educating and engaging young people. You will be responsible for building a rapport with young people who are currently, or at risk of being, vulnerable as well as the promotion of local services, organisations and charities which can be accessed by young people. The job itself requires some detached work in local areas targeting areas with high anti-social behaviour disorders, as well as using our minibus as a transport option to allow young vulnerable people to regularly attend inspire from difficult to reach areas. |
| Application process: | Please email your CV and correspondence cover letter to george.townsend@inspireyouthzone.org |
| Closing Date: | Ongoing Inspire Youth Zone is committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check. Registered Charity No: 1167309 We request no contact from agencies or media sales. |
Inspire Youth Zone is proud to be inclusive of all abilities. We really believe in the value and power of volunteering. Our volunteers are integral to our success and truly are part of the team. They are at the heart of what we offer to young people – that’s why a culture of volunteering and an enhanced volunteering programme has been embedded into Inspire since we opened.
Whether it is working one to one with a young person or delivering an inclusive cooking session, you will help all young people develop the social and life skills they need to be an independent and confident person.
Skills Required:
For more information on Volunteering, check out the various volunteering roles we have available and complete our volunteer application form.
We also recruit Young Leaders aged 15 to 18 from our membership of young people to support on our Junior Club and Holiday Club sessions. To learn more, click here!
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Hi, I’m Ryan and I’m the Head of Operations at Inspire Youth Zone.
Email: ryan.powell@inspireyouthzone.org
