Youth Worker - Senior Club Manager
- Recruiter
- Anonymous
- Location
- London
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 20 Nov 2018
- Closes
- 18 Dec 2018
- Sectors
- Sport & Leisure
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Youth Worker - Senior Club Manager
We are looking someone who is passionate about Youth Work and wants to see the lives of 13-19 (up to 25 with a disability) year olds transformed though access to an exciting, fun and engaging Senior Club Programme. You will be as comfortable managing a team and designing our Senior offer as you are leading from the front, developing positive relationships with young people to enabling our senior club to deliver our first music festival or sports competition.
Key Dates:
Closing date for application: 9:00am 3rd December
First interview date: 7th or 10th December.
Salary: GBP28,000.00 /year
Job Purpose
As a lead member of the delivery team you will you will work across all Youth Zone sessions and have lead responsibility for the Senior Club offer to 13-19 (up to 25 with a disability) year olds, ensuring there is a high-quality, creative and fun offer, which focuses on the needs of young people and is in line with Future Youth Zone's aspirations to provide young people with the best possible experiences and opportunities. You will have a passion to put young people first!
You will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the delivery and inputting towards the strategic delivery plan for Future Youth Zone.
Context of the post:
Barking and Dagenham Youth Zone, named "The Future" by local young people will be the first Youth Zone in London opened by the national charity, OnSide. Opening to young people in Spring 2019. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the delivery team pre-opening and play your part in history, shaping opportunities and Youth Work for London's young people.
The Future, like all OnSide Youth Zone exists to give all give young people, particularly those who are disadvantaged, somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to. Each Youth Zone is open 7 days a week, at weekends and during school holidays. The Youth Zone's purpose is to help young people grow to be happy, healthy and successful adults.
Future's state-of-the-art GBP6.5 million building on Parsloes Park, will provide young people with access to a range of activities, all offering young people the opportunity to try new things, meet new friends and gain support from friendly, warm and positive staff and volunteers. The facilities include a 3G pitch, a gym, sports hall and recreation area, and dance, arts, music and media suites seven days a week, with state-of-the-art facilities equipped for a wide range of sporting, artistic, cultural and general recreational activities and targeted services. To access a Youth Zone young people aged 8 - 19 (or 25 with additional needs), simply pay 50p per visit and GBP5 per year membership.
This is a fun, exciting and challenging role in a new, growing and ambitious charity where with up to 250 young people attending a session no two days will ever be the same.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Be a role model for young people and present a positive "can do" attitude
* Take personal responsibility for own actions
* Commit to a culture of continuous improvement
* Work within the performance framework of Future Youth Zone and OnSide
* Represent Future Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners
* Comply with all policies and procedures, with particular reference to safeguarding, codes of conduct health and safety and equality and diversity to ensure all activities are accessible
* Represent Future Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners
* To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of Youth Zone members is promoted and safeguarded, and to report any child protection concerns to the designated Child Protection Officers using the safeguarding policies, procedures and practice (training to be provided)
* To assist with any promotional activities and visits that take place at the Youth Zone
* To actively promote the Youth Zone and positively contribute towards increasing Youth Zone membership
* To adhere to Future Youth Zone policies at all times, with particular reference to Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities
In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an Enhanced DBS check.
PLEASE SEND A COMPLETED APPLICATION FROM TO US WITH YOUR CV. THE APPLICATION FORM CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE
We are looking someone who is passionate about Youth Work and wants to see the lives of 13-19 (up to 25 with a disability) year olds transformed though access to an exciting, fun and engaging Senior Club Programme. You will be as comfortable managing a team and designing our Senior offer as you are leading from the front, developing positive relationships with young people to enabling our senior club to deliver our first music festival or sports competition.
Key Dates:
Closing date for application: 9:00am 3rd December
First interview date: 7th or 10th December.
Salary: GBP28,000.00 /year
Job Purpose
As a lead member of the delivery team you will you will work across all Youth Zone sessions and have lead responsibility for the Senior Club offer to 13-19 (up to 25 with a disability) year olds, ensuring there is a high-quality, creative and fun offer, which focuses on the needs of young people and is in line with Future Youth Zone's aspirations to provide young people with the best possible experiences and opportunities. You will have a passion to put young people first!
You will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the delivery and inputting towards the strategic delivery plan for Future Youth Zone.
Context of the post:
Barking and Dagenham Youth Zone, named "The Future" by local young people will be the first Youth Zone in London opened by the national charity, OnSide. Opening to young people in Spring 2019. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the delivery team pre-opening and play your part in history, shaping opportunities and Youth Work for London's young people.
The Future, like all OnSide Youth Zone exists to give all give young people, particularly those who are disadvantaged, somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to. Each Youth Zone is open 7 days a week, at weekends and during school holidays. The Youth Zone's purpose is to help young people grow to be happy, healthy and successful adults.
Future's state-of-the-art GBP6.5 million building on Parsloes Park, will provide young people with access to a range of activities, all offering young people the opportunity to try new things, meet new friends and gain support from friendly, warm and positive staff and volunteers. The facilities include a 3G pitch, a gym, sports hall and recreation area, and dance, arts, music and media suites seven days a week, with state-of-the-art facilities equipped for a wide range of sporting, artistic, cultural and general recreational activities and targeted services. To access a Youth Zone young people aged 8 - 19 (or 25 with additional needs), simply pay 50p per visit and GBP5 per year membership.
This is a fun, exciting and challenging role in a new, growing and ambitious charity where with up to 250 young people attending a session no two days will ever be the same.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Be a role model for young people and present a positive "can do" attitude
* Take personal responsibility for own actions
* Commit to a culture of continuous improvement
* Work within the performance framework of Future Youth Zone and OnSide
* Represent Future Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners
* Comply with all policies and procedures, with particular reference to safeguarding, codes of conduct health and safety and equality and diversity to ensure all activities are accessible
* Represent Future Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners
* To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of Youth Zone members is promoted and safeguarded, and to report any child protection concerns to the designated Child Protection Officers using the safeguarding policies, procedures and practice (training to be provided)
* To assist with any promotional activities and visits that take place at the Youth Zone
* To actively promote the Youth Zone and positively contribute towards increasing Youth Zone membership
* To adhere to Future Youth Zone policies at all times, with particular reference to Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities
In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an Enhanced DBS check.
PLEASE SEND A COMPLETED APPLICATION FROM TO US WITH YOUR CV. THE APPLICATION FORM CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE