youth engagement intern

This role will form part of the recreational youth work team and work 5 sessions a week across the youth zone during the universal sessions which will help encourage relationships, opportunities to hear first-hand from young people and, with the recreational area being the heart of the youth zone, be at core of the offer and meet young people at their point of need

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Programme Development & Implementation:•

Help design and deliver a diverse range of activities, workshops, and events tailored to the needs and interests of young people.•Collaborate with young people to co-create programmes that empower them and encourage their active participation.•Support inclusivity and accessibility of activities and promote personal development.•Support delivery of the Jack Petchey Achievement Awards scheme.

Events and themes:•

Using the Youth Zones’ events and themes calendar, help plan and deliver in partnership with the wider staff team and young people, events that are relevant, topical, engaging for young people and the community.•In partnership with OnSide, help engage young people in Youth Voice forum residential and leadership programmes.•Support planning of annual Young People Celebration Awards as well as recognising young people ‘Member of the Month’.

Youth Engagement:•

Build strong relationships with young people to understand their needs, aspirations, and challenges.•Promote youth leadership by encouraging young people to take on roles within the Youth Zone.•Support delivery of regular feedback sessions and youth forums to ensure their voices are heard and integrated into programme planning.•Help provide opportunities for young people to represent the Youth Zone at board level, in the community

General responsibilities:

•Be a role model for young people and present a positive “can do” attitude

•Take personal responsibility for own actions.•Commit to a culture of continuous improvement.

•Work within the performance framework of Legacy Youth Zone and OnSide.

•Represent the Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners

•Comply with all policies and procedures, with particular reference to safeguarding, codes of conduct health and safety and equality and diversity to ensure all activities are accessible

•Represent the Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners.

•To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of Youth Zone members is promoted and safeguarded, and to report any child protection concerns to the designated

•Child Protection Officers•To assist with any promotional activities and visits that take place at the Youth Zone.

•To actively promote the Youth Zone and positively contribute towards increasing Youth Zone membership

ABOUT LEGACY YOUTH ZONE

Croydon Youth Zone, named “Legacy” by local young people, was the third Youth Zone in London opened by the national charity, OnSide in September 2019. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join a small but growing, impactful fundraising team and play a critical part in shaping opportunities for London’s young people and supporting a grass roots, committed universal youth service.Legacy, like all OnSide Youth Zones, exists to give young people somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to.Legacy’s state-of-the-art £6.5 million building on Whitehorse Road, provides young people with access to a range of activities, offering them the opportunity to try new things, meet new friends and gain support from friendly, warm and positive staff and volunteers. The facilities include a 3G pitch, a gym, sports hall, recreation area and dance, arts, music and media suites, with facilities equipped for a wide range of sporting, artistic, cultural and general recreational activities and targeted services. To access a Youth Zone, young people aged 8 – 19 (or 25 with additional needs) simply pay 50p per visit and £5 per year membership.To find out more, please watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usP0DSRw7nw