Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator – Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service

Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service (LFRS) is looking for a Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator to work across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland in this exciting and challenging role.

LFRS have a dedicated programme of youth education strategies. These include Fire Cadets, Fire Care programme, Fire Skills sessions, and school holiday activities.
The role of the Youth Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator is to support and mentor young people in developing their skills, knowledge, and personal development. This will enable them to become effective role models in the community as well as progressing positively into education, employment, or further training. You will be based on a working Fire Station, where you will provide group education about fire prevention, teamwork, problem solving and communication.

Fire Skills sessions take place at various planned locations across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, during the school holidays. No two programmes will be the same and you will be able to be innovative to set up school holiday programmes.

For both aspects of this role, you will be required to write clear and concise reports, keep detailed session plans, and liaise with other agencies such as schools, Social Services, and the Youth Offending Team. You will need to be flexible, respond positively to challenging young people, as well as manage your own time to plan, recruit for and deliver the Fire Cadet/Skills sessions. The role involves planning and overseeing volunteer instructors and other partners.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with young people (11-19) in a confident and patient manner. You will have excellent interpersonal skills to engage with their families and will also need to develop strong working relationships with the Safeguarding Team and external partners. This is a challenging and rewarding role where you will be directly impacting and making a difference to a young person’s life.

LFRS provides full training, management support and uniform. You will regularly be visiting locations across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland where travel expenses will be reimbursed.

The successful candidate will work primarily flexible days, including at least one evening a week, but may include some weekends when needed, depending on the programmes running. There is flexibility in the role and hours worked.