Role Profile – Sessional Youth Worker – Boxing & Martial Arts Specialist

Job title

Sessional Youth Worker –
Boxing / Martial Arts
Specialist

Salary:

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

Reporting to:

Boxing Coordinator

Holidays:

33 days including bank
holidays (pro-rata)

Location:

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

Hours:

Up to 5.5 hours per week.
Evenings and weekends.

Do you love Sport and Fitness and are you passionate about the role martial
arts  and/or  boxing  can  play  in  changing  young  people’s  lives?  Are  you
passionate about giving young people a healthy and positive future? Are you
happy coaching and teaching young people?  Do you want to use your skills
knowledge  and  passion  to  enable  young  people  to  have  something  to  do,
somewhere to go and someone to talk to? Are you committed to your own
personal growth and development with a clear growth mindset?

The Person:

Job Purpose:

Sports,  along  with the  Arts  and  Youth  Work,  is  at  the  heart  of  Unitas  Youth  Zone’s  offer  to  young
people.  The boxing and mixed martial arts offer at Unitas is 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  multi-disciplinary  activities  that  will  be  challenging,  stimulating,  fun,  engaging  and
developmental.  You will ensure the boxing suite and martial arts area is well used and maintained to
a  high  standard,  offering  young  people  a  safe,  exciting,  and  challenging  arena  in  a  friendly  and
welcoming environment. You will provide supervision and advice to young people and support and
guide members of Unitas Youth Zone’s staff and volunteers.

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 coaching qualifications, such as a level 2 National Governing
Body Award in either boxing, kick boxing or other martial arts.

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.  This  is  an  exciting  and  unique
opportunity to join a small but growing, impactful Communications and Fundraising team, and play a
critical  part  in  shaping  opportunities  for  London’s  young  people  and  supporting  a  grass  roots,
committed universal youth service.

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
6 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 6 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

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Duties and Responsibilities – Detailed (but not limited to)

  Together  with  the  Boxing Coordinator  develop  and  implement  a  programme  of  activity  that  is
exciting,  challenging  and  ever  changing  and  which  can  be  easily  delivered  in  external  settings,
away from Unitas youth zone.

  The role is a blend of face-to-face delivery with young people, with additional responsibility for

supporting planning and programming.

  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

  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 recreational and Front of house duties.

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Person Specification

Selection Criteria*
A = Application Form   I = Interview   T = Test/Personality
Profile
Experience
Face to face activity delivery, working with young people
both in groups and individually
Experience of delivering Boxing / martial arts sessions
Experience of Boxing / MMA
Experience of conducting boxing equipment safety
checks
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 coaching qualification e.g., ABA Boxing, kick
boxing level 2, other disciplines
First Aid Qualification
Skills
Ability to deliver high quality boxing/ martial arts
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.
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 enthusiastic by young people and others
Ability to coach, encourage, motivate, and provide
reliable support to young people
Ability to dynamic risk access
Ability to plan and liaise with other professional
organisations
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

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A willingness to work unsociable hours
Enhanced DBS clearance. Commitment to Safeguarding
children

Essential
Essential

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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