Assistant Group Leader (Young People's Activity Team)

Kirklees Council; Kirklees; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff benefits

Job summary

Kirklees is recruiting an Assistant Group Leader to support the Young People’s Activity Team across Kirklees. You will help organise sessions, engage with parents, carers and community providers, and remove participation barriers for children and young people with disabilities.

The role requires experience with children, a person-centred approach and commitment to training and DBS checks. We operate seven days a week (excluding holidays) and offer a supportive environment with supervision and

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children, either paid or voluntary
• Working knowledge of person-centred planning and delivery

Responsibilities

• Assist in organising and delivering the Young People’s Activity Team sessions and work with parents, carers and community activity providers to identify and overcome barriers to participation.
• Provide person-centred support to ensure young people are able to access a range of activities while achieving outcomes to improve their quality of life.
• Experience of working with children (paid or voluntary) and knowledge of person-centred planning and delivery is required.

Job description

Assistant Group Leader (Young People's Activity Team)

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation Kirklees

Directorate Children & Families

Service Area Learning & Inclusion

Hours 8

Number of Jobs 1

Location(s) Across Kirklees

Position type Permanent

Grade Grade 5

Are you passionate about wanting to make a difference in the lives of children and young people with a disability?

Why not join our team!

We facilitate access to community provision and provide activities for children and young people with a disability enabling them to develop life skills, new experiences and most importantly, have fun!

Contributing to the delivery of a range of programmes, you will have the opportunity to make a huge difference in the lives of the children and young people we work with.

It is demanding and rewarding work, colleagues have said that one of the best bits about working in the Young People's Activity Team is “spending time with the children, supporting them to develop and knowing you have had a positive impact on their quality of life.”

The Role

You will assist in the organising and delivery of the Young Peoples Activity Team sessions and work with parents, carers and community activity providers to identify and overcome barriers to participation.

You will provide person-centred support to ensure young people are able to access a range of activities while achieving outcomes to improve their quality of life.

You must have experience of working with children, either on a paid or voluntary basis, together with a working knowledge of person-centred planning and delivery.

In exchange for your commitment and skills we offer a supportive working environment, regular supervision and an opportunity to participate in further training.

We operate 7 days a week, excluding public holidays.

Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of staff benefits to support you in and out of work.

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities.

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