Senior Youth Worker (Adoption Project)
SALARY: £11 per hour (FTE £21,450)
CONTRACT: Fixed term until 31st July 2021 (with a potential for extension subject to further funding)
HOURS: 10 hours per month (2x Saturday mornings 10am-1pm plus 4 hours office time)
OPERATIONAL AREA: Hampshire & Dorset
LOCATION: Energy Youth Club, Eastleigh
REF: HD02
Role Description:
At community charity, Groundwork South, we are changing places, changing lives across the South of England, one green step at a time.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Youth Worker to play a pivotal role in the implementation and delivery of Groundwork South’s Fusion project working with Adopted young people. The Fusion project is a year-long course of sessions, workshops and trips to various Hampshire attractions for Adopted young people aged between 8-18.
The central focus of the role involves supporting the Project Manager with delivering outstanding services for young people consisting of; planning a programme of activities, supervising staff, monitoring & evaluation and direct face to face delivery with participants of the Fusion project in partnership with Adopt South.
The role will include supporting the Project Manager with implementing and quality assuring best practice procedures relating to safeguarding, volunteer management and health and safety in order to achieve a safe environment for young people to grow and develop.
To take on this rewarding role you must be passionate about developing Adopted young people to achieve their individual potential and creating opportunities, so they are able to enhance their life skills and make positive life choices.
In return we offer:
- 25 days per annum plus English Bank Holidays
- A contributory pension scheme
- Full training and scope to continuing development of your professional skills
Groundwork South is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable groups. In line with our Safer Recruitment & Selection Policy and Procedure, successful applicants are subject to references and an enhanced with barred lists disclosure check.
Closing Date: 5th November 2020
Interview Date: 10th November 2020
To Apply and for More Information:
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
No agencies please.
Community Gardener (10.5 hours/week - £23,500 pro rata)
The Bridge at Waterloo.
St John’s Churchyard, Waterloo, SE1 8TY
We have launched Waterloo Well, a programme of therapy and wellbeing activities for homeless and vulnerable people, and we need a community gardener.
Could you play a leading role in piloting this vital new service? We’re looking for a COMMUNITY GARDENER to devise and lead a programme supporting homeless people as they learn to garden and develop new relationships.
Waterloo Well is the Bridge at Waterloo’s response to Covid-19. We’re working with local hostels and partner organisations to provide therapy, counselling, shared reading, creative activities, gardening, employment and resilience training for homeless people and other local people for whom life’s challenges are now even more acute.
St John’s Church has an award-winning churchyard garden, a rare green sanctuary filled with plants and wildlife at the heart of the South Bank.. It is maintained by a Senior Community Gardener and volunteers, under the auspices of St John’s Church in partnership with the London Borough of Lambeth. It has exceptional potential as an urban community garden, providing volunteering opportunities for vulnerable local people, while retaining its reputation for interesting planting. The Community Gardener would help us engage even more garden volunteers. The commitment is for 10.5 hours per week, initially for 6 months as a pilot with the possibility of extension.
Employer: The Bridge at Waterloo, registered charity of St John’s Waterloo
Accountable to: The Chair of the Garden Management Committee
Line Manager: The Chief Executive of the Bridge at Waterloo
Job Overview
The Community Gardener will be responsible for supporting volunteers from a number of local homeless hostels to learn, or improve, their gardening skills and develop relationships with the St John’s and Waterloo community. S/he will devise a basic gardening programme for volunteers and link them to other local gardening projects, as appropriate. The Gardener will also encourage gardening within the hostels’ gardens.
Responsibilities:
Taking responsibility for agreed planning and implementation of the gardening course and of the volunteers’ planting within the garden, in consultation with the Senior Community Gardener.
Liaising with other local community and voluntary groups, facilitating additional opportunities for volunteers where appropriate
Ensuring the maintenance of good standards of horticultural practice.
Assisting with the recruitment, co-ordination, support and supervision of the new garden volunteers, many of whom will have complex needs
Identifying the relevant learning needs of our volunteers and tailoring the course accordingly
Ensuring all relevant health and safety standards are met. Conducting and reviewing risk assessments as required
Being responsible for the proper use, maintenance and safe storage of all plant, tools and equipment
Attending meetings of the Garden Management Committee, reporting on all relevant matters
Ensuring that St John’s and TBAW’s Safeguarding policies and procedures are fully implemented
Upholding all St John’s & TBAW’s policies and procedures.
Qualities/Skills/Attributes- Essential or Desirable
Recognised Level 2 qualification or equivalent in Horticulture or a related subject - Essential
Demonstrable knowledge of horticultureand enthusiasm for sharing this with volunteers - Essential
Experience of supervising vulnerable volunteers, including an ability to teach by example and of working within a safeguarding framework - Essential
Willingness to understand other community-based organisations and promote useful partnerships - Desirable
Knowledge of relevant health and safety regulations - Essential
Reliable and organized, self-motivated and flexible - Essential
Friendly and approachable - Essential
Qualified first aider or willing to acquire this qualification - Desirable
Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a team - Essential
This is a part time post of 10.5 hours a week (specific days and times to be agreed), initially for 6 months with the possibility of extension.
Salary – £23,500 pro rata.
Looking after our visitors
St John’s & TBAW are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers interacting with these groups to share this commitment. This position will be subject to satisfactory DBS and reference checks.
Closing date: Weds 4th November, 12 noon Interviews: Thursday 12th November
Start: As soon as possible
The Disability Resource Centre (DRC) is a leading disability organisation operating in Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands.
Our mission is ‘to build a sustainable business to empower disabled people to take control of their own lives and to actively seek out opportunities to achieve their full potential as individuals in mainstream society’. This is at the heart of everything we do.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to lead and manage our day to day operations including the effective delivery of all programmes and services and the running of the Information, Health and Wellbeing Centre in Birmingham.
Candidates should be educated to degree level or equivalent; have experience of working at a senior management level leading direct service delivery comprising a complex array of programmes; and have a proven track record in effective contract management, quality and continuous improvement, performance management together with financial, legal and contractual compliance. Knowledge of the health, social care and/or employment and skills markets would be advantageous.
For further information, please download the relevant job details pack or visit DRC’s website via the apply button.
Closing date for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 6th November 2020.
Interviews will be held on: Monday 16 November November 2020.