Join our team supporting young people in Norfolk
At MAP, we are advisers, counsellors, youth workers and other professionals working together to provide the best support we can to young people aged 11-25, in a way that works for them.
The pandemic is having a negative impact on young people and the way they live their lives. We are very excited to have secured additional funding enabling us to expand our services to young people and we are recruiting people to join our team who are committed to our values of:
Being Young Person Centred
Valuing Each Individual
Being Professional
Working for Social Justice
We have the following opportunities:
Youth Counsellor
Hours: Various posts/hours available maximum hours 30 per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Various – Multiple roles available in Norwich and Norfolk
Salary: £23,397 pa full time equivalent
This role will play a part in our mission to support young people in Norfolk by providing 1:1 counselling sessions for young people.
Applicants must have a recognised qualification in counselling, and be accredited, or eligible for accreditation, by the BACP, UKCP, or an equivalent body. Some experience of working with young people is essential.
Youth Mental Health Worker
Hours: Ideally full time 37 hours per week, but we will consider applicants wanting to work part time or other flexible arrangements such as job shares
Contract: Permanent
Location: Multiple roles available in Norwich (with a County wide remit)
Salary: £23,397 pa full time equivalent
This role involves delivering one to one and group psycho-educational interventions to young people. The ideal candidate will have experience of working with young people with mental health problems and experience of delivering individual psycho-social interventions.
Participation Youth Worker
Hours: Ideally full time 37 hours per week, but we will consider applicants wanting to work part time or other flexible arrangements such as job shares
Contract: Permanent
Location: Various – Multiple roles available in Norwich and Norfolk
Salary: £23,397 pa full time equivalent
Our participation youth workers work alongside young people on campaigns, lobbying and youth involvement that promotes young people’s views, creates social change and ensures the voice of young people is heard in decision making. The ideal candidate will be passionate about supporting young people to take action and will have experience of working with young people, networking, community organising, campaigning, lobbying and social movements.
What we offer our people:
The successful candidates will receive a range of benefits including:
- competitive salary
- generous pension contributions
- company sick pay
- excellent on-going training and development opportunities
- support from an established and reputable team
- corporate events and activities
- wellbeing focus
- regular line management
- flexible working
- 30 days holiday increasing to 35 after 5 years’ service (plus bank holidays)
- access to benefits including cycle to work scheme
How to apply:
Please submit your completed application form and recruitment monitoring form to HR@map.uk.net
The closing date for completed applications for all roles is Monday 15th March 2021 at 9am
Interviews are expected to be held in two intervals for each role.
Stage 1 short-listing and interviews will take place week commencing 8th March 2021.
Stage 2 short-listing and interviews will take place week commencing 22nd March 2021.
If roles are filled from stage 1 selection we will close the vacancy at that time and stage 2 selection will not go ahead.
A message about our current volunteer recruitment
COVID-19 is currently changing the way MAP delivers some of our services, and this is going to include our recruitment.
Unfortunately, we will be suspending actions related to recruiting volunteers for MAP – so that means we are no longer advertising any positions. If you have an application in or have recently been selected, we’ll be in touch with what this means for you specifically.
The majority of MAP staff are now working from home, and so the best way to reach us about recruitment is to email hr@map.uk.net.
