Youth Activities Leader

Lunds kommun · Vollzeit

Bruksgatan 22, Lund, Schweden

About the role and your responsibilities Do you want to create safe, inclusive, and meaningful meeting places where young people have the opportunity to influence their free time? The Culture and Recreation Department is looking for someone who wants to be a present and professional adult for young people and contribute to developing the activities together with them. Meeting places for young people are part of Lund Municipality's open youth activities. The activities are aimed at young people between 12 and 25 years old, with the primary focus on teenagers from grade 6 through age 18. The meeting places should be safe, accessible, and inclusive settings where young people can voluntarily meet, participate, and create meaningful leisure activities. Responsibilities As a youth activities leader, you work closely with young people and relationships form a central part of your assignment. You are a present, trustworthy, and engaged adult who creates conditions for participation, community, and personal development. Your responsibilities include: create and develop trusting relationships with young people be present in daily activities and recognize young people's needs, interests, and ideas give young people the opportunity to be active co-creators in the activities support young people in planning, implementing, and following up on activities and projects use activities as a tool for learning, participation, and development contribute to safety, community, and inclusion prevent and manage conflicts, harassment, bullying, and destructive norms encourage responsibility, independence, and confidence in their own abilities recognize when a young person may need additional support and, if necessary, collaborate with other actors document, follow up, and develop the activities together with colleagues. The assignment includes both informal and non-formal learning. For example, it can involve creating opportunities for young people to develop social and personal skills through everyday interactions, conversations, conflict management, and activities. Young people as active co-creators An important part of the assignment is not only to provide activities for young people, but to create activities together with young people. You therefore work with a recurring process where young people's needs, interests, and ideas are captured and translated into activities. The young people have the opportunity to plan, implement, and evaluate the activities with the support of the youth activities leader. Safety and preventive work Safety is a central part of the assignment. As a youth activities leader, you have an active responsibility as an adult to create an environment where all young people feel welcome and respected. You work with, among other things: clear frameworks and approaches preventive work against harassment and destructive norms conflict management and relationship-building work participation and community identifying risks and taking action when situations require it. The activities use, among other things, MVP Fritid (Mentors in Violence Prevention) and MI (Motivational interviewing) as support in preventive and relationship-building work. We are looking for someone who has a genuine interest in working with young people is trustworthy, present, and professional in interactions with teenagers has an easy time building trusting relationships is responsive, curious, and respectful believes in young people's ability to influence their own situation and free time has an inclusive and norm-conscious approach can handle conflicts and challenging situations in a calm and constructive way can take own responsibility while also collaborating with colleagues has the ability to turn young people's ideas into activities and programs is reflective and wants to develop both yourself and the activities sees documentation and follow-up as a natural part of professional work. It is an advantage if you have experience in open youth activities, preventive work, group activities, or work with participation and youth influence. What we offer you With us you have the opportunity to: work relationship-building and close to young people be involved in and develop activities where young people's participation is at the center work both preventively and promotively use creative activities as tools for learning and development collaborate with engaged colleagues develop in your professional role and contribute to the continued development of the activities. As an employee with us, you are offered a range of benefits with a focus on balance, safety, and health. Lund Municipality is a large organization with many exciting activities and opportunities for employee development. As an employee, you also have access to our benefits portal where you can easily view your benefits and manage them. Here's what we offer you as an employee About the workplace Meeting places for young people in the eastern parts of the municipality is part of Lund Municipality's open youth activities within the Culture and Recreation Department. The work will be carried out at our meeting places for young people in Genarp, Veberöd, Dalby, and Södra Sandby. The activities are based on the understanding that young people themselves have experiences, needs, interests, and ideas that should be the starting point for the development of the activities. The youth activities leader's task is to create conditions for young people to be involved, take responsibility, and develop in a safe environment. The activities also work systematically with quality and development through, among other things, documentation in the Logbook, activity planning, activity dialogues, and feedback from young people.