Job summary
- Main area
- Charity
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-6410612
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/08/2024
Employer heading
Youth Engagement Assistant (Band 4)
Band 4
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Airedale Hospital & Community Charity (AHCC) is the dedicated charity of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. We support the staff, patients, and communities of Airedale across 700 square miles of West and North Yorkshire and East Lancashire. The Charity operates under the corporate trusteeship of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust with a Charitable Funds Committee (CFC) to manage day-to-day operations.
The post of Youth Engagement Assistant is a people-facing role that provides a bespoke service to and creates an important link with young people, youth groups and educational organisations within the Airedale and Craven community. In collaboration with the wider Charity team, your focus will be to raise the level of activity carried out in collaboration with young people across the Airedale community.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Charity Manager, the post holder will be responsible for the development and success of a programme focused on young people in the Airedale community. This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about changing the outcomes for young people and ensuring they are at the centre of our work.
The Youth Engagement Assistant leads a range of activities including the coordination of the Trust’s Youth Network, liaising with local educational organisations and community groups, creating engaging opportunities for young people, assisting with event planning, stewarding and developing tailored resources.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Diploma level or equivalent level experience.
- Computer literate with advanced skills in Microsoft Office.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the public sector.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Experience of working with design software such as Canva.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of engagement and negotiation techniques, and approaches.
- Experience of working in a public facing role.
- Experience of working with young people.
- Ability to manage own workload including multiple priorities and to work to tight deadlines.
- Experience of working with a wide range of people at all levels, developing relationships both internally and externally.
- Awareness of the NHS Constitution.
Desirable criteria
- Organised and logical approach to work with a high level of attention to detail.
- Understanding of the NHS and NHS Charities, its structures, and its issues.
- Understanding of NHS branding guidelines.
- Knowledge of the local area.
- Experience of fundraising.
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to build relationships with all ages.
- Good administrative skills.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to analyse a range of information.
- Ability to manage complex and sensitive information and understand how to signpost to further support.
- • Ability to work without direct supervision, acting on own initiative where appropriate, pre-empting problems and offering potential solutions.
Desirable criteria
- Full driving licence and use of car.
- Experience of organising and running events.
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Lives the Charity’s objectives at all times.
- Highly responsive to requests for help.
- Constantly striving to improve services.
- Helps others to resolve problems and address issues.
- Respects confidentiality and confidences.
- Ensures decisions are communicated to others who need to know.
- Listens to concerns or complaints.
- Invests time to understand the needs, priorities, and goals of others they are working with.
- Always acts professionally and with integrity.
- Honest, considerate, respectful, and professional in all interactions.
- Delivers on commitments and promises.
- Seeks accurate information and avoid jumping to conclusions.
- Confident and resilient.
Desirable criteria
- Understands how their work is contributing to the wider Charity and Trust strategy.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Willingness to learn and develop.
- Ability to work flexibly and imaginatively.
- Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
- Working to Charity and Airedale values and behaviours.
- Approachable and compassionate.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jodie Hearnshaw
- Job title
- Charity Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294870
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