The Parish of East Greenwich | Youth Worker (part-time)

Sports Academy on the Peninsula

Our project aims to give children on the Greenwich Peninsula a positive alternative and a possible escape from the influence and danger of local gang culture.

This is an opportunity, as part of a team, supported by volunteers and backed by the Parish of East Greenwich, to get involved at the start of a new initiative to invest in children’s futures, through the positive provision of sports, team building, mentoring and belonging.

Role Overview
We intend to contract 3 part-time Youth Workers who will lead sport activities, support young people, and promote a healthy, active lifestyle and positive life skills. You will help shape sessions, engage participants of a school age (years 6 – 8), and contribute to community development through sport.

Specifically, the post holder will be responsible for:
1. Running at least one of 3 two-hour evening sports sessions (Basketball or Football) per week at St Mary Magdalene School on the Peninsula. This will include leading the team of volunteers, supervising the sports session and being available to counsel/mentor the children.
2. Duties include the set-up and take down for each session, managing the safety and security of each session, maintaining safeguarding policies and procedures at all times and ensuring that accurate records of attendance are kept.
3. Helping to develop the academy activities, so that they demonstrably contribute to enhancing the life opportunities of the young people in our care.
4. To signpost young people to appropriate information, advice and guidance, and to refer young people to other organisations should the support available through those organisations be of interest to them.

If anyone would like to find out more, please contact Rev John Pout – Team Rector for East Greenwich – on 07739 500 913 or [email protected]