Job Description

GamCare are now seeking to recruit a Youth Outreach Co-ordinator to lead on and co-ordinate the expansion of our Youth Outreach programme across the UK.  The programme delivers outreach work with young people and the youth professional workforce in four regions of the UK (Birmingham, Merseyside, Bristol and London). This work involves direct delivery of Gambling Awareness Workshops to young people, and training sessions for the youth workforce to recognise and screen for problem gambling in their professional lives.

You will programme-manage the delivery of this work and manage the day-to-day running of this work across the four regions, and conduct the delivery of its workshops and training sessions in the London region. The co-ordinator will also be able to conduct brief interventions directly to young people where appropriate. The role is 0.6 FTE (3 days per week) until December 2018 and is based at our Clapham Junction Headquarters.

In particular, the job holder will be required to:

• Project Manage the Youth Outreach programme at GamCare, and be its champion.

• Co-ordinate and provide support to the Youth Outreach delivery agents in each region

• Quality manage the service, ensuring consistency across regions and adjusting training and materials where necessary

• Deliver training to Youth Professionals on the topic of Youth Problem Gambling

• Deliver Gambling Awareness Workshops to young people directly

• Conduct brief interventions with young people

• Write summary papers, management reports for different stakeholders

You will have considerable experience of working directly with young people or in youth settings. You will be a qualified mental health or youth practitioner with experience of working with young people and/or addictions generally. You will have experience of project management and liaison with third party providers.  You will be a self-starter, motivated to promote and deliver the service and able to manage projects and your time effectively. You will be excited to develop and deliver a new and developing service into an important new phase.