Jobs

New Horizon Youth Centre is a day centre, advice and outreach project leading in the field of work with young vulnerable people. We provide a full range of services to help people get accommodation, improve their physical and mental health, gain training and employment and live successful, independent lives. 

Current Vacancies:

You can scroll through all available roles or jump to a specific vacancy via the list below.

• Services Manager (Housing)
• Head of Services (Health)
• Services Manager (Youth Work)
• Youth Worker (Independent Living Skills)
• Counsellor
• Trustee

Service Manager (Housing)- 2 roles available - Ref: HOUSING001

Contract type: Two full time, permanent contracts are available

Salary: AP32 (£35,205.69) to AP36 (£38,637.99) including London Weighting.

New Horizon Youth Centre contributes up to 6% to a group personal pension scheme

The closing date for returning applications is: 09:00 AM - 30/05/2022

Interviews will take place on 10/06/2022

We are looking for two well-organised, approachable and motivated managers to join our team, supporting our mission to enable young people to use their strengths to live a life that is safe, full of health and opportunity, and in a home that they deserve.

You will work within our Housing Team and support the Head of Services to manage a diverse portfolio of accommodation projects, an advice service, and various external housing partnerships. You will also assist with managing our day centre and ensure all services respond holistically to young people facing multiple barriers. You should be experienced in managing a range of projects or services within an advice or accommodation setting and be responsive to new initiatives. You will have experiencing motivating and inspiring frontline teams and be able to work confidently and flexibly in a fast-paced environment. You will have exceptional communication skills and a proven ability to build and manage effective partnerships within the housing and homelessness sector.

Please note, there are two positions available. Both roles are based at our day centre in Camden and will involve frequent remote and homeworking.

Please download an application pack and our diversity and inclusion form to find out about the role and how to apply

Head of Services (Health) - Ref: HEALTH001

Contract type: Full time permanent contract

Salary: AP37 (£39,612.35) to AP41 (£43,901.85) including London Weighting.

New Horizon Youth Centre contributes up to 6% to a group personal pension scheme

The closing date for returning applications is: 09:00 AM - 06/06/2022

Interviews will take place on 17/06/2022

New Horizon Youth Centre’s (NHYC) Head of Services – Health is the clinical lead for the organisation. Through their leadership, NHYC will build increased capacity to provide health services to young people, and to better provide for the health and wellbeing of staff delivering frontline services. The Head of Services will play a key role in coordinating the development and embedding of a new trauma-informed model of working across the organisation, in collaboration with the senior management team and staff at all levels. They will lead a multi-disciplinary team including clinical practitioners, counsellors, a nurse and speech, language and communication skills specialist. The NHYC health service will offer young people: mental health and psychological assessments, physical health assessments and advice, individual and group therapy, and referrals to external services.

The Head of Services - Health is a brand-new role at NHYC and an exciting opportunity to join our team as we plan to scale up our internal health services and external partnerships across the health sector. You will be an inspiring leader committed to supporting our mission to enable young people to use their strengths to live a life that is safe, full of health and opportunity, and in a home that they deserve. You will bring knowledge and expertise from previous experience within health services, be skilled in motivating frontline teams to deliver a high-quality services, and able to work collaboratively across the organisation and externally to achieve our mission. The role is based at our day centre in Camden and will involve frequent remote and homeworking.

Please download an application pack and our diversity and inclusion form to find out about the role and how to apply

Service Manager (Youth Work) - 2 roles available - Ref: YOUTHWORK001

Contract type: Two full time, permanent contracts are available

Salary: AP32 (£35,205.69) to AP36 (£38,637.99) including London Weighting.

New Horizon Youth Centre contributes up to 6% to a group personal pension scheme

The closing date for returning applications is: 09:00 AM - 06/06/2022

Interviews will take place on 13/06/2022

We are looking for two dynamic, well-organised and approachable managers to join our Youth Work team and support our mission to enable young people to use their strengths to live a life that is safe, full of health and opportunity, and in a home that they deserve. We have an ambitious plan to deliver innovative and varied Youth Work, Jobs, Education and Training (JET) and Lifeskills programmes to young people this year and are searching for exceptional individuals to help us succeed.

You will be responsible for leading an engaging, youth-led lifeskills programme as well as managing the smooth running of our day centre service for young people aged 16-24. You will have experiencing motivating and inspiring frontline teams, maintaining and building a network of relationships with relevant external agencies, and be able to work confidently and flexibly in a fast-paced environment. You will demonstrate strong attention to detail, a creative approach, and excellent interpersonal skills. Above all, you should be committed to delivering high quality services to young people who are facing homelessness or are unsafe.

Please note, there are two Services Manager roles available. One post will focus on delivering our Jobs, Education and Training programme and the other will focus on delivering our Youth Work and Lifeskills programme. If you have a preference for either role, please indicate this on your application. We will discuss this further at interview.
The role is based at our day centre in Camden and will involve frequent homeworking.

Please download an application pack and our diversity and inclusion form to find out about the role and how to apply

Youth Worker (Independent Living Skills) - Ref: YOUTHWORK003

Contract type: Part time, permanent

Salary: AP26 (£29,601.97) to AP31 (£34,305.57) including London Weighting.

New Horizon Youth Centre contributes up to 6% to a group personal pension scheme

The closing date for returning applications is: 09:00 AM - 06/06/2022

Interviews will take place on 17/06/2022

We are looking for a well-organised, motivated and creative individual to join our team as a part-time Youth Worker (Independent Living), supporting our mission to enable young people to use their strengths to live a life that is safe, full of health and opportunity, and in a home that they deserve.

The successful candidate will work within the Youth Work Team to deliver our Lifeskills programme, as well as contributing to the smooth running of our day centre services to young people aged 16-24 who are facing homelessness or are unsafe. You should be experienced in designing, planning and facilitating a range of independent living and lifeskills activities, able to work flexibly in a fast-paced day centre environment, and be skilled in engaging and inspiring a diverse range of young people with various complex needs to develop the skills and tools they need for move forward in their lives. In this role, you will be providing practical support and advice to young people, as well as delivering 1-1 and group sessions, on topics such as budgeting, money management, and tenancy sustainment . You will take a strength-based approach in your work, building on young people's assets and skills and collaborating with wider teams such as Health and Housing to achieve positive outcomes.

Please note, this role is a job share with an exisiting post and would include a part-time working pattern of 3 days per week (21 hours). Further information will be provided at interview. The role is based at our day centre in Camden and will involve some homeworking.

Please download an application pack and our diversity and inclusion form to find out about the role and how to apply

Counsellor - Ref: HEALTH002

Contract type: Full time, permanent 

Salary: AP26 (£29,601.97) to AP31 (£34,305.57) including London Weighting.

New Horizon Youth Centre contributes up to 6% to a group personal pension scheme

The closing date for returning applications is: 09:00 AM - 09/06/2022

Interviews will take place on 20/06/2022

We are looking for an experienced counsellor to join our newly established Health team. You will support New Horizon Youth Centre's mission to enable young people to use their strengths to live a life that is safe, full of health and opportunity, and in a home that they deserve. You will play an important role in expanding our counselling service, ensuring a greater number of young people who are facing homelessness or are unsafe have the opportunity to access 1:1 and group therapeutic support. You should be confident and flexible to deliver sessions face-to-face in a busy day centre environment, as well as remotely over the phone. Previous experience of working with young people is not essential, but you should be genuinely passionate about improving young people's access to health services and providing them with positive interventions to enable them to move forward.  The role is based at our day centre in Camden and will involve frequent homeworking.  

Please download an application pack and our diversity and inclusion form to find out about the role and how to apply

Trustee - 4 roles available

Commitment: The Board meets six times a year, plus an annual strategy away day. Trustees are also encouraged to join one of the Board sub-committees: Audit and Risk Committee, Diversity and Organisational Development Committee and Finance Committee.

Salary: This role is unremunerated. Travel expenses as well as other out of pocket expenses directly incurred as part of official Trustee business will be reimbursed.

The closing date for returning applications is: 23:59pm – 29/05/22

Interviews will take place on 22^nd, 25^th and 27^th July 2022

Much as we have been reflecting on how our strategy needs to adapt, we have been reflecting on the skills and experiences we need to lead New Horizon in the years ahead. Central to these plans of course is our Board of Trustees. 

As the organisation moves into a new era, and with several long-standing Trustees with terms about to expire, we want to recruit four new, diverse Trustees to help guide us. We very much hope that you will be interested in becoming one of these new leaders and if so, the application pack details more about the process, which is being led by Inclusive Boards. 

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