Youth Officers - For
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Our aim
To make Worcestershire County Youth Support of and for
Worcestershire young people
Our vision
- The Youth Support supports young people in their transition
from childhood to responsible adulthood by encouraging their
personal and social education and to help them take a positive role
in the development of their communities and society.
- To provide a universal service, which is accessible to all
young people through differentiation on the basis of need.
- The Service age range will be 11-20 years with priority given
to young people aged 13-19 years.
- Within this age range the following groups are recognised as in
need of particular attention:
- Young people at risk
- Young people from minority ethnic groups
- Young people living in rural communities
- To work in partnership with those who share our vision and are
committed to raising achievement and learning, and promotion of
social inclusion through prevention and intervention work.
- To promote social Inclusion and combat disaffection of young
people.
Our way of working
- Worcestershire Youth Support is distinguished by the voluntary,
participative, relationship it develops with young people. Through
this relationship the Service plans strategic responses to
identified personal and social needs.
- By listening to young people, the Youth Support is able to
provide enjoyable yet challenging learning opportunities that
explore issues, raise aspirations and encourage personal
development and growth.
- The Youth Support works with young people, and other partners,
to address the realities of inequality, disadvantage and social
exclusion. To this end the Service uses its influence to ensure
that the decision-making environment is receptive and responsive to
the voice and active involvement of young people.
- The range and scope of Youth Support delivery includes:
- Open access youth centres
- Outreach youth work
- Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
- Youth Achievement Award
- A range of opportunities to be actively involved in
decision making and democracy
- Forum work
- Advice, information and support work
- Targeted project work.
- Mobile youth work
- Youth work in schools
- International visits
- Residential experiences
- Multi media Youthcomm project
- Mentoring
- Sports, music and arts activities
Our commitment to young people
The Youth Support will actively involve young people in the
development of a Youth Charter.
Our Policy Priorities
Direct Delivery
- The provision of relevant, welcoming and accessible places for
young people to meet.
- The provision of quality, information and support to young
people which is readily accessible, relevant and is available
through a variety of media and cover.
- To provide a platform for young people, which enables their
voice to be heard and which helps them to influence and become
actively involved in decision making both locally and in wider
contexts.
- The provision of a rich diversity of personal and social
development opportunities and choices to young people that are
responsive to needs, promote social inclusion and enhance personal
and social development.
- Places and relationships, within which young people can have
fun, build confidence, feel secure and valued, and learn to take
greater control of their lives.#
Partnership Working
- The Youth Support will work in partnership with the Voluntary
Sector, both to support the work of voluntary organisations and
also to maximise the opportunities to draw in external funding for
work with young people including the emerging Children's Fund.
- The Youth Support will contribute to the County Council cross
cutting strategies, policy and provision for young people through
taking the lead in promoting the active involvement and
participation of young people and joint working with the Cultural
Services (including libraries), Social Services, Educational
Services and Environmental Directorates.
- The Youth Support will seek to influence how other services
deliver their mainstream services to young people.
- The Youth Support will work alongside other partners, including
the 6 District Councils, the 6 Community Safety Partnerships, the
Connexions Service and the Health Services in the implementation of
preventative strategies and actions that enable young people to
make informed choices that keep them in good shape and thus promote
social inclusion and combat disaffection.
Youth Officers -
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