Typical duties of a Youth Support Worker include:
- Managing projects
- Planning and organising appropriate youth and community programmes
- Establishing new youth services
- Recruiting, training and supervising volunteers and paid employees
- Undertaking detached ‘outreach' youth work
- Producing reports and business plans
- Giving presentations
- Promoting young people's interests
- Maintaining records
- Managing and administering budgets and resources
- Preparing and distributing publicity materials and displays
- Liaising and working with parents, schools, the police and other community groups/organizations
- Providing advocacy and counselling
- Raising funds
Hours are fairly typical, but as a key support worker you may be required to be on hand in the case of an emergency.