Youth Engagement & Education Coach (In-School Programs)

Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

On-site parking

Job summary

Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust is seeking a Youth Engagement Officer to support young people in local schools and SEND settings, delivering sessions weekly with activities and wellbeing exercises.

Delivery hours across the school week with travel between schools; full training including safeguarding is provided. A DBS check is required and there is a friendly team working across Three Rivers, Watford, Hertsmere, St Albans, Dacorum and Harrow.

Qualifications

• Understanding of the Trust commitment to EDI & safeguarding.
• Experience of working with children and/or young people.
• Experience of working in schools or youth settings.
• Good maths and literacy skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Providing high quality educational delivery, to local young people aged 11-18 in line with projects values and structure.
• Be confident in dealing with challenging behaviour and reporting safeguarding disclosures.
• Deliver engaging and enjoyable sessions that young people can gain positive outcomes from.
• Build good rapport with young people and be a trusted adult.
• Be a good team player and work effectively with colleagues.
• To undertake an enhanced DBS check, complete safeguarding training and other relevant training.
• Complete administration tasks related to the programme, including designing high quality sessions plans and inputting, monitoring and evaluation data on data management systems including Salesforce.
• Ensuring that the programme has a positive impact on the lives of the young people referred and that this impact is recorded appropriately.
• Ensuring the team reaches their overall targets across the academic year.
• Liaising with the Community Project Manager to build new and existing positive relationships with schools to generate sustainable income for the organisation.

Skills

EDI & safeguarding

Experience with children/young people

Experience in schools or youthSettings

Positive attitude

Maths & literacy

Excellent communication

Vehicle access

Education

Youth work qualification

Alternative education or SEND qualifications

Job description

Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust is seeking a Youth Engagement Officer to support young people in local schools and SEND settings, delivering sessions weekly with activities and wellbeing exercises.

Delivery hours across the school week with travel between schools; full training including safeguarding is provided. A DBS check is required and there is a friendly team working across Three Rivers, Watford, Hertsmere, St Albans, Dacorum and Harrow.