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Youth Adviser

Alice Smith

Before I moved to the Bradwell Area, I worked as a Youth and Children's Worker in Scarborough within an Urban Priority Parish.

I was involved in schools work, all age worship, running youth groups across the age ranges and set up a Rock Solid ecumenical youth project which extended into holiday clubs and other one off events.

I was also involved at a Diocesan level with a massive youth event in York Minster called XL and on the leadership team of CPAS Explorer camps and Falcon Camps.

After I got married, I moved to the North East of England, where I took a PGCE and trained as a teacher.

I then moved into a different type of youth work, running and managing a hostel for homeless young women in Gateshead, which was owned by a Christian charity.

As the Area Youth Adviser

As the Area Youth Adviser, my role encompasses a variety of aspects – advising yes, but also enthusing, motivating, encouraging, training and a multitude of other–ings!

Through my Christian life and youth work career, I have built up experience in a variety of denominations and styles of churchmanship as well as starting, running and managing a number of youth work projects in both urban and rural areas. I hope that this will enable me to quickly understand your context and particular needs and work with you to develop youth-work, which is relevant and applicable to your situation.

What can I offer you?

Here are some possibilities

• Starting youth work from scratch . . . where to begin, assessing need and ideas
• Planning ahead for when children’s work becomes youth work—reaching and keeping the tweenagers (10-13 years)
• Tailored training for your volunteers
• Support with residentials, holiday event planning and other ‘big scale’ youth projects
• Support with the process of recruiting and supporting paid youth workers
• Working with churches to integrate youth work into the whole life of the church
• One to one advice and mentoring for full time youth workers and/or volunteers
• Suggestions and supply of resources suitable for your particular group
• Reviews of your current activities and ministries and ideas for change and development
• Provision of news, current events and details of training opportunities
• Support and advice on working within an ecumenical framework and co-ordinating links with other churches and youth projects

And anything else you think I can help with!

I look forward to working with you! Do get in touch!

Alice Smith c/o The Diocesan Office 53 New Street Chelmsford CM1 1AT M 07999 534398 E asmith@chelmsford.anglican.org E youthadviseralice@yahoo.co.uk

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