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Job description

Youth Development Worker with duties listed below.

Responsibilities

• To promote and enable the personal and social development and inclusion of young people.
• We work with young people to help them better understand themselves, their social context/community and the opportunities which exist for them to learn, grow and develop.
• To offer encouragement and support, a challenge to continue to learn and a wide range of opportunities for the development of both personal skills and qualities and community involvement.
• Work as part of the youth team of the Young people’s project
• Develop & deliver responsive & attractive social & personal development programmes that link to the interests of young people
• Encourage the active participation of young people in programme

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Have a recognised qualification in youth work
• Have at least 1 year’s paid experience or 2 year’s unpaid experience of working with young people in a youth work setting
• Possess good organisational skills, experience of ICT package, financial manaegment

Desirable Skills

• Have a good understanding of the issues facing young people living in communities within Inner North Belfast
• Have direct experience of designing and delivering workshops, training, sessions, programmes and projects to young people.

Further Information

This post is supported by the Northern Ireland Executive through the Department for Communities until 31/03/2026