What does the job involve?
The manager will have day-to-day responsibility for the running of the youth centre or club. They will manage staff, oversee training and development opportunities, decide which services and activities to offer, and seek potential sources of funding. It is also their role to make sure the work of the centre does not go unnoticed. They therefore have to form close ties with funders, local officials and politicians as well as the media.
Other duties include ensuring the centre has proper safeguarding arrangements in place.
Youth centres are usually run either by charities, faith groups or local authorities. There are no precise figures about how many youth centres there are in England, but membership bodies Clubs for Young People and UK Youth have a combined total of around 10,000 youth clubs and youth groups.
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