Youth Worker

Deadline: 12pm on the 27th of February 2024

Contract: 1-year contract in the first instance Pay: 20hrs per week (Living Wage@ £11.44 per hour).
Responsible to: Management Team

Your challenge:          

The Youth Worker role is a position that is integral to the development of Comics Youth CIC’s core mission and objectives. The successful candidate will support session leads and work across all CY projects including 1) Open Access Youth work sessions (Juniors and Here for the Nerds; 2) Marginal Changemakers; 3) Graphic Medicine projects and support the development of our activities. The post holder will support session staff to develop resources and session plans for young people.  

Main Responsibilities

1.     Teach and demonstrate art and literacy techniques to make varied styles of comics, zines, and creative art pieces through one-to-one and group workshops. To support children and young people to develop and increase their literacy skills through delivering bibliotherapy and guided reading sessions.

2.     Inspire children and young people to enjoy reading and drawing.

3.     Adapting art sessions to suit children and young people’s needs.

4.     Choose and present various comics, graphic novels, and manga to generate free-flowing conversation.

5. Regularly consult with children and young people on providing regular activities, opportunities, and formal and informal training to encourage engagement, improve confidence, develop skills, and raise aspirations.

6.     Issue and collect evaluation questionnaires.

7.     Maintain a commitment to and awareness of Comics Youths’ policies and safeguarding requirements, and those of funders.

8.     Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people you will come into contact with.

9.     To Undertake any other duties and reasonable requests that are in keeping with the nature of this post.  Eg- recruitment,  administration, advertisement, and branding of sessions.  

How to apply

You will need to complete an Equalities Monitoring Form as a part of your application process.  

To apply please send a CV and covering letter, outlining your suitability for the post to rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk. Applications that don’t include a covering letter, as specified, will be automatically rejected.

The deadline for applications is 12pm on the 27th of February 2024.

We actively encourage applications from people of colour, women, LGBTQIA folk and disabled people. Please let us know if you have any special requirements which we might need to consider in relation to the selection process. Any requests will be taken into account and will not affect you equal opportunity in the selection process.