Young Person’s Worker

Airplay is a UK wide Youth Work project, funded by The RAF Benevolent Fund, the Royal Air Force’s leading welfare charity in partnership with children’s charity Action for Children. The project, delivers structured youth work activities to young people age 8 to 18 at twenty three RAF Stations across the UK. Airplay works with young people who are from RAF families and from wider RAF communities.

At RAF Linton on Ouse you will be working out of a well-resourced youth club,working in partnership with the youth team to deliver planned activities – all designed in collaboration with young people.

As a Sessional Youth Worker, your role would be to:

Work with young people by making contact and establishing relationships with young people from the RAF community.

Encourage and enable young people to participate in a range of opportunities.

Assist in the delivery of an innovative, high quality range of personally challenging activities and support to young people from the RAF community, taking into account their individual needs.

As an Airplay sessional Youth Worker you will work in a team of youth workers to deliver vibrant, innovative and relevant programmes to young people which meets the needs of the individuals and also the wider community.  You will work closely with the Station Youth Worker and the RAF Station Community Development Officer to ensure that the project is connected to the station.  As well as being an important member of the RAF community support team you will be working for national charity Action for Children with a good training offer and the opportunity to develop in the role.

The post is for 3 hours per week and is year round.

Essential Requirements

A minimum of a NVQ Level 2 qualification in youth or a willingness willing to undertake relevant training within 12 months (depending on number of hours worked)

Experience of delivering a programme of activities with young people both individually and in groups

Ability to plan, prepare and facilitate activities with young people

Initiating, building and maintaining purposeful relationships with young people