Community Development Worker - Young People

MESMAC
8 King Street
Hull HU1 2JJ

Role Information

Salary

31,537 Per Annum

Hours

25 hours per week

Job Categories
  • Flexible Working
  • Part Time
  • Permanent

Prime Objectives:

  • To work with young people on a one to one basis, and in small groups, to provide support and learning around safer sex, prevention of teen conceptions, healthy relationships, consent, CSE, the grooming cycle and online safety.
  • To undertake outreach work, focusing on young people in colleges, schools, community centres, youth centres, youth projects, and outreach to other settings that young people use.
  • To offer information and sexual health resources, including condoms and lube in a variety of settings, including over the telephone, face to face and over the internet.
  • To deliver appropriate community based sexual health interventions including HIV point of care tests (POCT) and chlamydia tests to the target groups in community settings.
  • To market these services, monitor and evaluate them.
  • To work in partnership, with appropriate agencies, to develop these services further.

 

Main Responsibilities & Duties (list not exhaustive – please refer to the job description and person specification for more details):

1. To assess needs in relation to safer sex and sexual health of young people and higher risk sub-groups identified within this target group.

2. To develop ways of working around perceived, felt and expressed needs of young people around safer sex, in conjunction with the Local Service Co-ordinator and other MESMAC Community Development Workers.

3. To provide relevant, accurate and accessible information focusing on the needs of young people allowing them to make informed choices about their sexual health.

4. To develop a program of outreach work, in conjunction with MESMAC Community Development Workers, Sessional Outreach Workers and the Hull Local Service Co-ordinator.

How to apply

Completed application packs to be sent to jobs@mesmac.co.uk by the closing date of 10am Monday 9th February.

Please note that CVs and late applications will not be accepted.

If your application is successful then interviews will be during the week commencing 23rd February 2026.

Supporting Documentation

Person Specification
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