Within this portfolio I will focus on a human services employment role of my choice, I will descried this role and what is needed in order to fulfil this role and then go on to talk about my suitability to this role

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Within this portfolio I will focus on a human services employment role of my choice, I will descried this role and what is needed in order to fulfil this role and then go on to talk about my suitability to this role, outlining my relevant skills and experiences. I will produce a CV which has been tailored to the human services employment role and evaluate my learning on the module identifying and gaps in my skills, knowledge and experience.

The role that I have chosen is a vulnerable young people’s worker, working with teenagers.

The employment role that I have chosen requires me to:

Facilitate and provide training on sexual health and teenage pregnancy, to identify and develop relevant preventative programmes of work targeting vulnerable and hard to reach young people aged under 18 and to implement the condom card scheme targeting young people under the age of 25 years, with particular emphasis on under 18 year olds at increased risk of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

The duties and responsibilities are:

To liaise with a wide range of external agency that work with young people, persuading them of the relevance of health improvement and negotiate the delivery of health improvement programmes.
Develop and maintain effective cross agency communication to enable the success of the condom card scheme.

The requirements for this job are that you must have a degree or equivalent qualification, pacifically in health promotion, health studies or youth work. Ones years experience of working with young people, relative skills needed for working with young people, be computer literacy, full driving licence and have knowledge and understanding of the issues relating to teenage pregnancy, ability to deal with young people who are distressed and emotional about their health.

What is a vulnerable young people’s worker?

A vulnerable young people’s worker ranges from the supervision of very informal leisure pursuits through to preventative work with vulnerable young people and sentenced offenders, it meets the needs of the different age groups of young people as they face difficult decisions and challenge economic circumstances.

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What is a vulnerable young people’s worker?

‘The influence that a responsible adult can bring to bear on young people was seen as important in preventing vulnerability’ (Maychell et al 1996; HMI, 1991). This is especially for those young people who are deemed most at risk, who may be without the influence of a responsible adult or who might have had a negative experiences of adults, the relationship that can develop with youth workers may be very important as the relationship between the youth worker and the young person may be the only quality relationship with an adult that they have.

A good youth worker displays skills such as patience, a good listener, a belief in young people and what they can achieve, listening with empathy, you need to be approachable in order for them to feel they can share with you, have to be somebody

who can encourage persuade and promote them and their feelings of self worth, a basic genuine respect for young people and as young people often feel they are being judged being non judgmental is a useful skill.

The employment role of a vulnerable young people’s worker falls into the public sector as it is part of the NHS which is owned by the government and offers help and support free for young people. The role develops cross agency communication as working as a vulnerable young people’s worker works with such agencies as youth services, schools, social services, employment training provider’s youth offending team, voluntary organisations and connexions.

When I graduate one of my goals are to become a young people’s worker, as I have a great desire in helping young people especially those that have been through similar situation as me. Many skills and personal qualities are needed in order to complete this job role effectively which I have obtain through many channels, one of which being at my time at the University of Bedfordshire. This module in particular has taught me and made me realise how equipped I am to fulfil such job roles as a vulnerable young people’s worker and given me confidence in pursuing my chosen career goal, I have been able to learn and construct an effective CV which will be of great importance when I come to applying to jobs. My skills include the following:

Honesty and Reliability, allowing me to Form relationships with both clients and fellow employees.
Self-awareness, I am fully aware of both weaknesses and strengths enabling me to build upon my strength and work at improve my weaknesses.
Good numerical skills

Open minded, allowing me to converse with clients about situation other professional may feel uncomfortable in.

Good communication skills, allowing effective communication between both clients and professionals.
Good team building skills, providing a positive effect on the morale, motivation, confidence and effectiveness of the team.
The ability to think on my feet
Empathy, making clients feel that they can talk to me.
Good values which give me a sense of dignity.
Able to see the different needs of different people, people in the same situation may not need the same advice or help.
I have computer literate skills
Can work effectively under pressure.
Can convey my opinions clearly and thoughtfully.
A sense of creativity, allowing me to present the same information in different formats.
Non judgmental

I feel that I would be suitable for this role when I graduate from the University of Bedfordshire as, as I have mentioned have sufficient skills that that would enable me to fulfil this role to a professional level. Communications skills are one of the vital skills I mentioned and I have learned to develop these through the different settings that I have been in, ‘communication should be two-way’ () in order for it to be effective. I am able adapt to the purpose ensuring that my ideas, events and opinions are conveyed clearly and thoughtfully. I have be able to complete work experience which were relevant in the job role that I have disused. I feel that going into schools and explaining to them how it is to be a young mum and how easy it is to prevent this from happening has allowed me to be able to deal with teenagers and the attitudes that might I face when working as a vulnerable young people’s worker, many of the requirements of this job was needed of me in order to be able to mentor to young people. I do feel that I need to develop more on the learning of sexual health as my understanding of this might not be to the level of which it is expected to be at.

After this job I will have obtained experience and skills that will enable me to progress into further career options such as:

Neighbourhood Youth Worker working for West Sussex County Council.

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Project Support Officer
A small charity that helps young people over come barriers to entering construction training and employment. A key strand of our work is focused on partnerships, with community groups, the industry, and regeneration initiatives. We are in an exciting phase of our development and are looking for new staff to coordinate and support activity. We are looking for a motivated graduate to join our small team to support our project development and delivery programme. If you are a good communicator, analytical and able to work independently as well as part of a team then we would like to hear from you. )