Searching for a student youth worker

Aylestone Baptist Church is looking for a student youth worker who will work with us while they train for Christian Youth Ministry (CYM) at St. John’s College, Nottingham, starting September 2010. The student will live here in Aylestone, travelling to St. John's for two days each fortnight in term time. In addition to their academic study, they will give 14 hours a week youth work to our church, 7 of which will be face-to-face contact. Full details of the course can be found on the St. John's website by following the links to the Midlands Centre for Youth Ministry.

Our current youth worker is just completing their three years on the CYM course, so we have experience in nurturing a student through their studies and a good relationship with St. John's. The student's line manager here at church has significant experience in training youth workers in the secular field and has himself a JNC recognised degree in youth and community education.

The mainstays of our present youth work (11+) consist of young people’s groups in Junior Church on Sunday and in our midweek Urban Saints club, and an open youth club on a Friday night. In the last year we have initiated a youth forum, where young people and members of the church leadership and youth team meet together to discuss issues concerning young people in the church. Our current CYM student has also been involved in schools’ Christian Unions and some detached work on the streets. We have good connections with other local youth work specialists, whether they be from other churches, the City Council, or the police. You can find out more about our youth work on our youth web pages.

We are delighted that many of our young people are heavily involved in church life and we look forward to their development into mature men and women of faith.

A job description including financial arrangements, and an application form can be found on our downloads page. Please note that the deadline for applications is Friday 23rd April 2010.       

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