Barnardos Cymru (Better Futures)
Trainer
Duties:
- Developed and delivered workshops to young people around consent, cse awareness, health relationships, agency and victimology
- Delivered workshops to professionals at a range of conferences promoting the boys 2 workbook and best practice on working with boys and young men who are victims of Child Sexual Exploitation
- Reviewing the Boys 2 workbook to increase usage across a range of professional disciplines and settings
- Provide one-to-one support to a young male victim of CSE
- Support young people to have their voice heard in consultation with funders and policymakers
Cathays and Central Youth & Community Project
Board of Trustees – Chair (previously Vice-Chair and Secretary)
Duties:
- Line Managed the Centre Manager of the Charity
- Board Lead for safeguarding in the organisation
- Was lead trustee for major updates to the charity’s Governing Document (requiring Charity Commission Approval as the changes were regulated alterations)
- Responsible for ensuring minutes are sent out, and ensuring actions and reports are in on time
- Developed a range of policies and procedures for the organisation, not limited to:
- Safeguarding
- Terms of References for committees
- Professional use of Facebook
- Responsible for putting in greater safeguards for governance practice
Day Provision & IYP – Youth Worker
Duties:
- Provided one to one support to young people with young people who required additional support to engage in group settings
- Developed a gaming group, bringing together otherwise isolated young people together
- Carried out a workshop on choices and relationships, which highlighted the need to raise awareness that disabled young people have a choice as many other matters in their lives this is taken away from them
- developed a basic monitoring system for tracking goals of young people
Northlands Youth Hostel (Salvation Army)
Assistant Support Worker
Duties:
- Advocating on the behalf of young residents to a number of agencies
- Carrying out resident welfare checks
- Facilitated resident meetings
- Worked with young people one-to-one on a range of issues, such as substance abuse, welfare entitlements, budgeting, independent living skills
- Facilitated workshop to promote voting amongst young people and developing an interest in politics
The Abacus (ProMo- Cymru & Modern Alchemists)
Health & Safety Officer and Assistant Facilities Manager
Duties:
- Improved upon already existing Health & Safety policy and procedure and made sure it was implemented
- Assisted in the day-to-day running of the building
- Carried out building maintenance
- Temporary overall management of the building for around 2 weeks, running and developing an art installation exploring human rights with a focus on boys and young men
TheSprout.co.uk (ProMo-Cymru)
Youth Development Worker
Duties:
- Assisted in the facilitation of Sprout Editorial Meetings
- Edited submitted articles from young people to TheSprout.co.uk to further provide information and guidance, whilst trying to connect agencies to assist the young person if applicable.
- Assisted in outreach sessions
- Wrote information pages on LGBT+ information relevant for young people
- created a framework for youth volunteers in the management of the website beyond Editorial Meetings to create a greater sense of ownership and provide learning opportunities
Queerdiff (Social Enterprise in Partnership with Youth Cymru)
Project Manager
Duties:
- Managed a staff team of nine
- Developed and implemented policies and procedures on topics such as (but not limited to):
- Safeguarding
- Professional use of social media as a form of outreach
- Code of conduct – managing dual relationships & appropriate use of physical contact (I.e. when it is unacceptable to hug a young person)
- Health & Safety
- Financial management
- LGBT+ Inclusive practice standards
- Managed the projects budget and liaising with the funder
- Developed and delivered staff training on:
- LGBT+ Awareness
- Safeguarding
- Professional usage of social media
- Lone working
- Introduction to youth work principles and practice
- Planning a session through the NAOMIE model
- Engaged in centre based and street-based methods of youth work delivery
- Formed partnerships with local agencies
- Developed referral pathways for individual support cases
Cardiff Metropolitan University (First Campus Partnership)
Student Ambassador
Duties:
- Led campus tours with target groups to help them be inspired to take up Higher Education in future
- Assisted in the delivery of the Summer School and Year 9 residential so that young people had an experience of Higher Education
- Assisted in the delivery of Trading Places through:
- Carrying out recruitment days at FE Colleges in South Wales
- Supporting students through their training in enterprise and business
- Supported students to form and implement sales strategies during their opportunity to sell the products on the high street
- Carried out errands to ensure smoother running of the programme
Adamsdown Youth Centre (YMCA & People Can partnership)
Youth Support Worker
Duties:
- Delivered the C-card scheme
- Delivered workshops
- Signpost young people to other services
- Aided young people to get into employment, training and education
- supported young people to engage in local youth forums operated by partner organisations
Eastmoors Youth Centre (Cardiff County Council)
Youth Support Worker
Duties:
- Delivering workshops on Youth Participation, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
- Facilitated wellbeing and life skills activities
- Developed interpersonal relationships with young people to aid in their personal, social and educational development
Board of Trustees – (Children and Young People’s Assembly for Wales/Funky Dragon)
Cardiff Rep & Trustee
Duties
- Represented young people of Cardiff at the Grand Council Meetings
- Provided strategic direction for the charity
- scrutinised the financial position of the charity
Shelter Cymru
Housemate Volunteer
Duties
- Presented small workshops at conferences about youth homelessness
- campaigned for mandatory education in housing and homelessness in schools
- stared in promotional videos around the campaign
- fed in to the development of the housemate resource