Young Ambassador

The job itself

The Job Itself:

Are you passionate about making sure children and young people’s voices are heard? Do you want to use your experiences to help improve the services that support them? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

As a Young Ambassador, you will work alongside other children, young people, and professionals to ensure their views shape the services that affect them. Your role will involve providing feedback on how accessible and effective these services are, supporting young people, working directly with decision-makers, and helping to make real, positive changes.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Building positive relationships with children and young people to encourage participation.Sharing feedback with professionals to help improve services.Co-facilitating forums, councils, and support groups for young people.Supporting projects that drive service improvement and change.Helping with the recruitment of foster carers and professionals working with children.Assisting in creating training materials and supporting their delivery.Attending meetings and corporate parenting groups to represent young people’s views.

This role may require some evening working hours. This will be a part-time casual contract meaning flexible hours depending upon the needs and demands of the service. Flexible hours gives the ability to work around other commitments you may have.

Who We’re Looking For:

We welcome applications from individuals who have been in the care of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, either currently or in the past. No formal qualifications are required.

You should have:

The ability to communicate effectively with a range of people.Confidence to share your lived experiences in a way that feels comfortable to you, with full control over what you choose to share.A willingness to learn and develop in the role.Respect for confidentiality and the ability to recognise when to step back from difficult situations.Basic IT skills and the ability to travel occasionally for work.

Our model

‘You can, I can, We can’

We have created a bespoke practice model that reflects and connects our vision, our value base and our behaviour as one East Riding of Yorkshire approach to working with children, young people and their families, which is nurtured and grown from within East Riding of Yorkshire CYPSSS and owned by our workforce.

We remain committed to Signs of Safety as a practice framework, but this will be set within a much wider, values based, model of practice that clearly connects Signs of Safety much more clearly with the East Riding value base, and our overall approach to making and sustaining relationships with children, families, and communities.

Without a well embedded model, there is nothing to centre our practice on to ensure that, while the work may be different, all our teams are grounded in the same values, beliefs, theories and approaches. Having a well-developed practice model helps to create a common language for the service and enables everyone to understand how we go about doing the right things, in the right way and for the right reasons for children and their families.

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of The Voices That Influence service, a team that values the voices of children and young people, ensuring they are included in decision-making. You’ll gain valuable skills, experience, and training while making a real impact on the services that support young people and families.

If you meet all of these qualities and have the right values, then we want to hear form you! What are you waiting for? Apply now and make a difference.