Role Profile – Sessional Youth Worker – Sports Worker – Multi-sports – Sports hall, MUGA Pitch

Job title

Sessional Youth Worker –
Sports Worker

Salary:

Reporting to:

Sports Coordinator

Holidays:

£13.15 per hour. Saturday
evening premium is £15.12
per hour

33 days including bank
holidays (pro-rata)

Location:

Unitas Youth Zone, 76
Montrose Avenue, Edgware,
HA8 0DT

Hours:

Up to 14.5 hours per week
Evenings and weekends

The Person:

Do you love sports and are you passionate about the role sports can play in
changing young people’s lives?  Do you want to use your sports skills,
knowledge, and passion to enable young people to have something to do,
somewhere to go and someone to talk to? Are you as happy organising a
game of dodgeball for young people who have never tried sports before, as
you are supporting our basketball or football team to take part in their next
tournament? Do you hold a level 1 or 2 qualification in coaching?  Are you
committed to your own personal growth and development with a clear
growth mindset?

Job Purpose:
Sport  and  Fitness, alongside  the  Arts  and  Youth Work,  are  at the  heart of  Unitas’s  programme for
young people.  The sports and outdoor programme at Unitas are wide-ranging and as a member of
the Sports team, you will be key in ensuring young people have access to an exciting and engaging
programme  of  adventurous  activities  that  will  be  challenging,  stimulating,  fun,  engaging  and
developmental. You will be involved in teaching the fundamentals of a single sport, or range of sports
activities to young people, as well as facilitating taster sessions, competitions and challenges which
build  young  people’s  engagement,  skills,  and  fitness levels.  You  will  coach  and  develop  teams  and
support volunteer sports coaches.

Within the Sports Team, we are looking for talented sports and fitness coaches to become part of a
team with a wide range of skills, who are also passionate about working with young people. Ideally,
you  will  have  experience,  or  one  or  more  level  2  specific  coaching  qualifications,  from  a  National
Governing Body.

You will be involved in session delivery, planning, preparation, and work with young people closely.
You will be provided all the necessary equipment and training and will be afforded plentiful personal
development  opportunities.  You  will  be  someone  with  a  clear  ‘can  do’  approach,  committed  to  a
growth mindset, eager to learn and willing to take risks all for the benefit of supporting young people.
You will demonstrate our Values through all you do and will commit to giving your best every session
for young people.

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Context of the post:

Banet  Youth  Zone,  named  “Unitas”  by  local  young  people,  was  the  second  Youth  Zone  in  London
opened by the national charity, OnSide, in the summer of 2019. Unitas, like all OnSide Youth Zones,
exists to give young people, particularly those who are disadvantaged, somewhere to go, something
to  do  and  someone  to  talk  to.  Each  Youth  Zone  is open  5-7  days  a  week,  all  year  round,  with  the
purpose of supporting young people to become happy, healthy, and successful adults.

Unitas Youth Zone is centrally located, dedicated to young people, and makes a bold statement about
the importance of giving young people high quality places to go in their leisure time.  Open 7 days a
week  including  school  holidays,  the  Youth  Zone’s vision  is  to  unite  young  people  to  fulfil  their  full
potential.  The state-of-the-art £6.5 million building provides young people with access to a range of
activities, all offering young people the opportunity to try new things, meet new friends and gain new
experiences.

Duties and Responsibilities - General

  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 Unitas Youth Zone and OnSide
  Represent Unitas Youth Zone positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and

external partners

  Comply with all policies and procedures, with reference to safeguarding, codes of conduct, health

and safety and equality and diversity to ensure all activities are accessible

  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 Safeguarding Leads 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 always adhere to Unitas Youth Zone policies, with reference to Health and Safety, Safeguarding

and Equal Opportunities

  To be willing to step in and step up, and not see the below set of duties and responsibilities as

exhaustive

Duties and Responsibilities – Detailed (but not limited to)

  To deliver and supervise face-to-face sports activities for young people, and in addition to be

responsible for supporting planning and general programming

  To be versatile and be able to coach, supervise and join in with a range of sports
  To work directly with young people to develop their social skills
  To directly deliver a high-quality programme of activity that is exciting, safe, varied, innovative,
developmental,  and  directly  responds  to  the  diverse  needs,  concerns  and  interests  of  the
members

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  To have great energy and establish positive relationships with young people, the wider youth work

team, and visitors to the Youth Zone

  To respond to the needs of young people through activities that they wish to see delivered
  To  work  flexibly  to  ensure  the  needs  of  the  members  are  met,  including  disadvantaged  young

people and those with disabilities or additional needs

  To ensure that the members maintain a high standard of behaviour and discipline during sessions
  To ensure the participation of young people in activities and ensure that their ideas contribute

fully to the delivery of activities in a safe way

  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 promote and safeguard the welfare of young people at all times
  To be able to think on your feet and create a fun activity with minimal equipment
  Ability to enthuse others, including staff, volunteers, and young people, making the environment

fun and the place young people want to see

  To be an active member of the team and operate in line with the values and principles of Unitas

Youth Zone

  Carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by management in line with the needs of the

organisation, including supporting the front-of-house duties

Person Specification

Selection Criteria*

Essential or Desirable

Experience
Face to face activity delivery, working with young people both
in groups and individually
Experience of delivering a range of sport activities to young
people
Experience of delivering events, competitions, and
tournaments
Experience of supporting young people who are disaffected,
underachieving and / or have social / emotional barriers to
participation
Experience of working in a team and alongside volunteers
Organising a programme of youth work activities
Experience of working with challenging young people
Experience of working with young people with additional needs
and disabilities
Qualifications
Level 2 NGB Coaching certificate in one or more disciplines
First Aid Qualification
Additional Level 1 or above NGB Award
Skills
Ability to deliver high quality sports programmes with young
people who face social exclusion, disadvantage and
disaffection and manage such a group
Practical skills in health and beauty or skills to deliver health
and wellbeing projects.

Essential

Essential

Essential

Essential
Desirable
Desirable
Desirable

Essential
Desirable
Desirable

Essential

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Essential

Essential

Essential
Essential

Ability to develop good professional relationships with young
people and adults
Ability to work with young people to enable the development of
their social education by providing activity programmes,
services and facilities that are fun
Ability to be enthused by young people and others
Ability to coach, encourage, motivate, and provide reliable
support to young people
Ability to dynamic risk access
Desirable
Ability to plan and liaise with other professional organisations   Desirable
Knowledge
Understanding of issues affecting young people’s lives
Knowledge of health and safety, diversity awareness and
safeguarding best practice
Basic knowledge of pathways
Special Requirements
A willingness to work unsociable hours
Enhanced DBS clearance. Commitment to Safeguarding children
The  ability  and  willingness  to  travel  to  other  spaces  and  community
settings within the borough and beyond

Essential
Essential
Essential

Essential
Desirable

Unitas Youth Zone are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young
people, and vulnerable groups. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. The strength of the
OnSide Network of Youth Zone is the diversity of its people, we place huge value on different people
doing things in different ways and we welcome applications from what might be considered non-
traditional backgrounds. The one thing we all have in common is our desire to raise the aspirations
of young people across the country. We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be
considered  for  employment  without  attention  to  race,  colour,  religion,  sex,  sexual  orientation,
gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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