Youth Leader

Date(s)

Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, starting from Tuesday, March 4, 2025 – 6:15pm, forever

• Wed, 02/04/2025 – 18:15 – 9:15pm
• Thu, 03/04/2025 – 18:15 – 9:15pm
• Tue, 08/04/2025 – 18:15 – 9:15pm

Availability Details

Venue Address

Our Youth Development Scheme is for individuals aged 16-21 interested in pursuing careers in the medical and health fields.

The program will offer a transformative experience by focusing on skill-building, employability, social action, and community integration. By empowering young people, the scheme will create future leaders who are well-prepared for careers in healthcare while fostering stronger, more connected communities.

Program Objectives

1. Develop Life Skills: Equip participants with essential life skills such as communication, teamwork, and decision-making to enhance confidence and leadership capabilities.
2. Enhance Employability: Offer targeted activities to develop employability skills, including CV writing, interview techniques, and workplace readiness tailored to the medical and health sectors.
3. Engage in Social Action: Provide volunteering opportunities in healthcare settings and community projects to foster a sense of responsibility and civic engagement.
4. Promote Diversity and Inclusion: Encourage young people from diverse backgrounds to collaborate, learn from each other, and serve their communities.
5. Strengthen Communities: Create meaningful connections between participants and local communities to build trust, integration, and resilience.
6. Empower Positive Change: Inspire participants to make tangible differences in their communities through healthcare-focused projects and initiatives.

Main Duties of the Job

As a Unit Youth Leader, you will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the adult volunteers within your youth unit to ensure the delivery and provision of a quality, fun, and engaging youth programme in a safe and inclusive environment. You will also be expected to assist in the delivery of the programme.

Skills Needed

Experience Essential:
A willingness to engage and support young people to learn life skills, including First Aid in a fun, interactive manner.
A commitment to the health and safety, wellbeing, safeguarding, and inclusion of all young people.
A commitment to supporting our young people to become future leaders.
Able to work effectively as part of a team and to communicate well with other adults and young people.
Able to lead others and to delegate and coordinate tasks fairly within a team.
Has some experience working with young people or in a youth organisation.
Willing to supervise young people on events / undertake required training to do so.

Benefits for the Volunteer

1. Access to exclusive discount sites, including a Blue Light card.
2. A welcome programme introducing you to the project and Safeguarding and youth-specific training to help you support the young people you\’ll be working with.
3. First Aid training.
4. DBS costs covered.
5. Out-of-pocket expenses covered.
6. The chance to make a positive impact – you\’ll contribute to the development of young people in your community by teaching them vital life skills, including first aid.
7. The opportunity to mentor and support young people as they learn and grow.
8. Develop skills, like leadership, communication, and organisational skills.

Please tell us why you are interested in this volunteering opportunity.

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