Project Worker – Improving Prospects
- Employer
- Leap Confronting Conflict
- Location
- Camberwell SE5 with frequent work from Finsbury Park, N4
- Salary
- £24,167-£30,472 (pro-rata)
- Closing date
- 28 Aug 2018
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- Function
- Operations & Service Delivery, Training, PR & Communications
- Sector
- Children & Youth, Social Care & Welfare, Crime
- Hours
- Part Time
- Contract Type
- Contract
Job Details
Leap works with young people, giving them the skills to manage conflict in their own lives, reduce violence in their communities and help lead our society.
Project Worker – Improving Prospects
£24,167-£30,472 (pro-rata)
Part-time, 21 hours per week
Fixed term contract for 9 months with potential to be extended depending on funding
Location: Camberwell SE5 with frequent work from Finsbury Park, N4
Ref: THI PWIP
Improving Prospects (IP) is our flagship community-based programme, addressing the issue of conflict and knife crime, gangs, street violence and social exclusion among young people. It supports young people to understand their relationship with conflict, break cycles of behaviour and take responsibility for their actions.
The programme offers a supported process of personal development, training and progression routes support to motivate young people towards employment, education and independence. By transforming the life chances of young people facing multiple disadvantages, IP works to improve the prospects of young people and build safer and more cohesive communities.
We have received funding to deliver a piece of work specifically in partnership with Southwark Youth Offending Service (YOS). This role will support the delivery of programmes within the YOS for young people aged up to 18. You will be based in our South London office, with regular work at the YOS. The contract is initially nine months (possibility of extension dependent on funding).
This role is line managed by the Improving Prospects (IP) Delivery Manager and will work closely with the rest of the team, including the Progression Routes Worker, the other IP Project Workers and our Leadership and Enterprise Team.
Benefits:
- 8% contributory pension subject to 5% employee contribution to begin upon completion of 6 month probationary period.
- Flexible working with core hours between 10am – 4pm, Mon-Fri.
- Weekend work also required on a case by case basis where toil is offered and collected during core working hours.
- 25 days leave (pro-rata), rising to 26 days after 2 years and 1 additional day every year, to a maximum of 30 days, plus bank holidays
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme available upon completion of probationary period
How to apply:
For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date for applications: 9am Tuesday 28th August 2018
First Interviews: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Second Interviews: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Ex-offenders are invited and encouraged to apply.
Leap Confronting Conflict are a London Living Wage Employer.
Company
Leap Confronting Conflict is a national youth charity that works directly with young people struggling with conflict and also trains the adult professionals working with them. Based in London, Leap has 13 employees and 40 volunteers. It was founded in 1987 and has an annual income of around £1 million.
Leap offers a range of programmes that support young people to manage conflict in their lives. These include self-reflective group work, pastoral care outside of formal training and peer mediation. These programmes are delivered by an experienced team of trainers. Improving Prospects is Leap’s flagship community-based programme designed to give young people, aged 16-21, an insight into the causes and consequences of conflict. Two short courses are offered: Leadership and Choice to Change.
Leap supports young people’s engagement and progression by providing one-to-one input before, during and after training. On completion of the programme, young people may decide to become a Leap trainer, volunteer at Leap or with another organisation, return to education or secure employment.
The charity also offers training for adult practitioners. Training is intended to help them develop the skills and tools needed to better respond to young people at risk of violence, offending behaviour and also to those struggling with low self-esteem and aspirations.
Leap also works in partnership with schools, pupil referral units, youth offending services, voluntary sector organisations and local councils, among other organisations. It works with each organisation to design a programme that will best respond to its needs. Programmes support young people to gain understanding of themselves and professionals to develop their confidence and skills. Leap also offers consultancy services, supporting a range of organisations to gain a greater understanding of the way they manage conflict, enabling them to bring about lasting culture change.
Leap also runs projects on specific issues. In 2016, the charity launched a three year ‘Leadership and Enterprise’ project in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. The aim is to work with other organisations in the area to build relationship with young people either in, or at risk of being in, gangs. Another current project, ‘Peaceful Prisons’, is aimed at developing intervention to reduce violence in prisons. The three year project combines Leap's 20 years of experience in training prisoners and prison staff with the latest academic research on prison violence and the charity’s own research.
Leap’s work is delivered by internal staff, freelance trainers and volunteers. Young people are represented at every level of the charity - as trustees, staff, trainers and volunteers.
- Website
- http://www.leapconfrontingconflict.org.uk/
- Telephone
- 020 7561 3700
- Location
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Wells House (Unit 7),
5-7 Wells Terrace,
Finsbury Park,
London
N4 3JU
United Kingdom
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