Modern Apprentice (Youth Work)

Job Description

Based at Forfar Community Campus, Kirriemuir Road.

This job is workstyle 1.

In this workstyle most of your time is spent undertaking the direct delivery of front-line services work. Depending on your role there may be a limited requirement to access a specific council location during the course of the working week if you are not delivering your service at a council location.

Working 36.25 hours per week, you will be part of the Vibrant Communities Team that is responsible for a broad range of community learning and development activity in Angus. The work of the team covers Adult Learning, Community Development and Youth Work.

Youth Work will be the focus for the Modern Apprentice post, and this will involve working in a range of settings including schools and community. Some of this work will be targeted to groups such as care experienced young people, young carers and young people not engaging with learning while other aspects will involve supporting the delivery of provision which is open to all young people to drop in.

The work may involve delivery in different areas of Angus, but this will be negotiated with the successful candidate. You will also be supported to complete an SVQ level 3 in Youth Work as well as access to other training opportunities.

This job is temporary for up 12 months from date of appointment.

Who can apply?

Due to funding restrictions, you must live in Angus and be aged 16 - 19 to apply for this position.

Candidates with lived experience of accessing support services such as social work, education support, youth work, young carers etc would be desirable and will qualify for a guaranteed interview.

We will not ask for any specific details but will ask you to confirm you have experience of being supported as a child/young person and how that has shaped your view of youth work.

If you would like to discuss this post further or require any further information, then please contact Jennifer Miller at millerj@angus.gov.uk.

Please note interviews will be held Monday, 9 September 2024.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.