YFCL Worker
Service: Youth Family Community Learning
Grade scale: Grade 2 Level 4
Reports to: Youth Family community Learning Officer (Team Leader)
Purpose of the job
To participate in the delivery of a high quality, inclusive learning offer across communities and a variety of settings, that meets the identified needs of learners and communities, and improves life chances for people of all ages, through learning, personal development and active citizenship, and enables communities to be stronger, more resilient, supportive, influential and inclusive.
Key tasks and responsibilities
Engage with individuals and communities to build positive relationships and assist in the development of learning opportunities across a range of needs.
Develop, plan and deliver of a diverse range of educational, social and personal development opportunities based on identified needs to improve life chances and achieve positive outcomes for all learners.
Participate in the development of appropriate and effective partnerships to collaboratively enhance learning, build youth, family and community capacity and improve the outcomes for targeted participants.
Use a range of monitoring and evaluation processes to measure the impact of services in order to maximise their effectiveness and sustainability through continuous development and improvement.
Person specification
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Education, qualification and training |
Member of or working towards membership of the CLD Standards Council Scotland. |
Appropriate qualification in CLD |
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Skills, knowledge, experience |
The ability to participate in the development and facilitation of a cohesive, high quality, inclusive learning offer across communities and in a variety of settings, that meets the identified needs of learners and communities, and improves life chances for people of all ages, through learning, personal development and active citizenship, and enables communities to be stronger, more resilient, supportive, influential and inclusive. Experience of engaging with individuals and communities to build positive relationships and explore the development of learning opportunities across a range of needs. Experience of participating in the planning, development, and delivery of a diverse range of educational, social and personal development opportunities based on identified needs to improve life chances and achieve positive outcomes for all learners. Ability to Identify, develop and deliver training opportunities to improve the continuous professional development volunteers. Experience of using a range of monitoring and evaluation processes to measure the impact of areas of work, to maximise their effectiveness and sustainability through continuous development and improvement. |
Experience of preparing funding bids at local level Experience of administration and evaluation of funding opportunities. Good ICT skills. Ability to develop and deliver family/parental learning opportunities. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment. Ability to inspire and motivate learners in a group or one-to-one setting. Ability to establish positive relationships with learners, particularly those who are most vulnerable. A good understanding of trauma-informed practices and how trauma can affect behaviour and learning.
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Personal qualities |
Experience of working as part of a CLD team. Responsive and supportive approach to learners. Flexibility and adaptability. Excellent communication skills. High levels of motivation and enthusiasm. |
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Other |
A requirement for working evenings and weekends. The ability to travel within South Lanarkshire’s geographic areas as required. To demonstrate behaviours consistent with honesty and openness: treating people consistently, fairly and with respect |
Current driving licence. |
Safer recruitment checks
As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks
- Asylum and Immigration right to work in the UK.
- Reference check: external candidates require 2 references, one of which must be from present or most recent employer; Internal candidates require 1 reference from current line manager.
- Candidate Disclosure Scotland check, where applicable.
Behaviour framework
The council’s behaviour framework is a set of core behaviours that defines how employees approach work to enable the delivery of key tasks for the role. The expected behaviours for this role are:
Efficient
- Punctual and conscientious in your approach to work.
- Use council resources efficiently, avoiding waste and unnecessary expense.
- Identify inefficiency in processes and communicate this to your manager.
- Meet deadlines and targets in your day-to-day work.
- Understand the impact of wasteful behaviours on the environment and you act to minimise this impact.
- Use of information technology to achieve best outcomes.
Flexible
- Willing to learn new tasks and accept new ways of working.
- Willing to be flexible in your approach to work to meet changing service delivery needs, deadlines, and urgent priorities.
- Help team members when they have urgent deadlines and prioritise your work accordingly.
- Understand the need for change and are open to this across your working life.
Performing
- Is polite, professional and friendly to customers and apply customer care standards and attitudes at all times.
- Works safely to maintain the safety of yourself and other raising concerns about unsafe working practices.
- Meets standards of work required in your role in terms of quality and output.
- Uses initiative to solve problems and raise potential issues.
- Acknowledges when mistakes are made and learns from them.
- Seeks feedback on your performance to learn and improve.
Working with others
- Works alongside internal and external colleagues to meet common objectives.
- Has professional relationships with colleagues and is aware of dignity at work standards.
- Actively and respectfully listens to people in order to understand them and their views.
- Contributes appropriately in team and other meetings and discussions.
- Presents words and views clearly in a way that other people find meaningful.
- Respect diversity and promote equality of opportunity when working with colleagues and members of the public.
Leading
- Role models the standards of behaviours expected of a South Lanarkshire Council employee.
- Displays and enables leadership through sharing knowledge and skills, seeking guidance and providing support to your colleagues, team and the wider community.
- Is aware of and adheres to professional codes of practice and the council’s code of conduct and understand how these impact on employment with the council and public perception of council employees.