Jobs

This page includes vacancies at Young Lives and across the Network. 

 
Kids

KIDS the national charity, wishes to recruit to an administrator at their successful services commissioned by Wakefield Council to support disabled children or children with additional needs and their families living within the Wakefield District.

1 x 24 hour Administrator - Grade 7 £15,095 FTE per annum
Experienced administrator required to work in a busy team. Good communicator, excellent telephone skills and strong organisational skills are required. Applicants must be adaptable to learning new skills. It is essential that applicants have previous experience of an administrator role including finance, HR & recruitment. The applicant must have certified evidence of qualification's in administration and IT. The applicant must be educated to at least a level 2 as minimum. To apply please down load an application pack from www.kids.org.uk where you will also find job description and person specification.
Closing Date: 10 May 2012 Interview Date: 17 May 2012
For more information please contact Catherine Lacy on 01924 379015 or at catherine.lacy@kids.org.uk  

Vacancy for Direct Short Break Worker
Rate of pay £8.83 to £9.35 inc holiday pay per hour dependant on experience (sessional work)
Are you looking for a job that is full of activity, is sometimes challenging, and always satisfying? Then being a KIDS Direct Short Break Worker may be just what you are looking for! We are looking for Direct Short Breaks Worker as part of the existing Inclusion Service within Wakefield to provide Direct Short Breaks to families of disabled children.
The job may involve a visit to the child's home, taking the child or young person out on short trips or providing fun activities within a base area. If you do have experience of working with Disabled children or young people - great! However, it is more important that you are friendly, caring, willing to learn and enjoying being with children and young people. KIDS will provide you with full training free of charge, and you will be fully supported throughout your employment. You can apply online and if you have the skills and experience we are looking for you will be invited to an interview. Work will be flexible and include evenings, weekends and school holidays.
For further information please contact Val Railton 01924 299488 val.railton@kids.org.uk
Please apply on line at www.directshortbreaks.org.uk

 Babcock International Vacancy List

You can download Babcock International Vacancy list, which includes
Apprenticeships and other Employment
Clerical/Administration
Catering
Care
Retail
Warehouse
Horticulture
Construction
Vehicle Trades
Engineering and Manufacturing
Animal Care
This may be of interest to the young people you are working with. Click here to download.

Young Lives Directors

Young Lives are looking for Directors to represent our members at Board level. We would welcome applications from anyone who would like to support children and young people groups from the voluntary and community sector. To register your interest please email fergus@ylc.org.uk attaching a maximum of one side of A4 setting out your relevant qualifications, experience and areas of interest. We particularly want Directors to take on the portfolios for human resources and children's safeguarding.

 Young Lives Representatives

Young Lives are looking for people to represent Young People’s VCS groups on the various boards of the Children’s Trust. This includes the Fulfilled Group, Supported Group and the various sub groups that come from these.

The Children’s Trust brings together all services for children and young people in the Wakefield area and is responsible for delivering the Wakefield District Children and Young People’s Plan. It is therefore important that there is someone who can provide a voice for the sector and feed back development of these meetings so that as a sector we can influence how the Trust works and develops.

By working together as a sector we can use the specific skills and knowledge of you and your organisation on the most appropriate board to provide the strongest possible voice for all VCS Groups.

There are two main aims that we try to achieve as Representatives:

The first is to represent the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) at these Strategic level meetings. It is too easy for our sector to be overlooked and our thoughts, experiences and wisdom left out of key strategic decisions and the reality is that our sector often has a unique insight and experience into the lives of the Children and Young People that we work with and live alongside.

The second aim is to feedback what is happening at a Strategic level to the Voluntary and Community sector organisations. This will be done via Young Lives forum meetings, fortnightly e-bulletins, the magazine and the website as well as your own and wider communication networks.  This is absolutely key to making sure that we as a sector do not get left out of decision making.

We will ensure you receive your backfill pay and expenses.  You will also receive support and an induction into your role.

If you feel you have the skills or would like to develop them to become a vocal advocate of the VCS, please get in touch.
sheila@ylc.org.uk

Young Lives Consortium, c/o Youth Association, 12 South Parade, Wakefield, WF1 1LR      

 Telephone: 01924 333408

Nacro in Partnership with the Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Has the following vacancy in Pontefract for a