Youth Leader (Stoke Holy Cross Youth Services Unit)

Sja's West; Norwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-driven opportunity to serve as a Youth Leader with St John Ambulance in Norwich. Volunteers will inspire and mentor young people, developing their skills and fostering a sense of belonging. This fulfilling role is essential to strengthening community ties and promotes personal growth while delivering a vital service.

Qualifications

• Engaging with young people from diverse backgrounds.
• Willingness to undergo online and classroom training.
• Openness to pursue optional higher youth team qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Help young people develop confidence and teamwork skills.
• Deliver an essential service and support youth initiatives.
• Engage in training and volunteer activities within the youth unit.

Skills

Teamwork skills

Self-discipline

Job description

Youth Leader (Stoke Holy Cross Youth Services Unit)

Volunteering with St John Ambulance strengthens communities. From youth support and education to wellbeing, events, and fundraising; your time makes a real impact.

Youth Team Volunteers work with young people from a wide breadth of backgrounds, ensuring they really feel part of the St John family. Volunteers will help young people develop their confidence, teamwork skills, self-discipline, and generally encourage them to strive to be the best they can be.

You’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride delivering an essential service.It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation, and it requires only a small commitment of your time.

You will usually be able to start volunteering very quickly, joining your new youth unit, meeting the young people and your colleagues and beginning to learn on the job. However please be aware you will have some online training to do, and you will need to engage with classroom training opportunities when available. There is also optional training for those who wish to pursue higher youth team qualifications.

Pursuing the role

We do not have a fixed closing date, but we may pause recruitment if we become oversubscribed - so if you want to pursue this, please do not delay!

If you are not already a St John Ambulance volunteer, after getting some brief details we will first invite you to an interview with our Welcome Team.

When pursuing this role, we will check you meet the minimum criteria and then invite you to a Youth Team interview, after which we'll be able to tell you if you've been accepted for this role.