Youth Project Mentor/Coordinator
About Colebridge Trust
Colebridge Trust is a registered charity and recognised as the community development trust for Solihull, within the West Midlands.
Our Vision
“Colebridge Trust seeks a cohesive society where people are enabled to achieve their full potential and where barriers to living inclusive, happy and healthy lives are challenged through the provision of creative, innovative and enterprising activities.”
Objectives for 2021 – 2025
1. More local people into work, training and self-employment.
2. More local people empowered to improve health and wellbeing.
3. More people supported to tackle the effects of deprivation.
4. Improved inclusion and diversity to ensure that a breadth of opportunities are readily available.
5. Ensure the availability of community assets and resources to meet local priorities.
What do we do?
Since 2002, we have been empowering people and third sector organisations within Solihull and surrounding areas. A lot of our efforts have been focussed on North Solihull– with neighbourhoods ranked amongst the most deprived 5%-10% in England. Our team also support those who are often marginalised through disability, health conditions and other limiting circumstances, such as care responsibilities in the remainder of the borough and surrounding areas. A key area of work for the trust is Employment and Skills, Around Again Social Supermarket, ISO9001 Assembly & Packing Social Enterprise and outreach locations. Each year we directly support hundreds of people through direct intervention work, linking people to local work, volunteering and training opportunities. We have enhanced the lives of many more through health and wellbeing activities that are delivered at Junction, our community centre and in collaboration with partner organisations.
About Steps To The Real Me
Steps to the real me is an exciting youth project, delivered in partnership with Solihull Moors Foundation and Northern Star Community Arts. Working together to help young people aged 13 - 25 to reach their full potential, through a combination of outdoor play, creative art and drama activities, sport-based interventions and personal development.
The Youth Project Coordinator/Mentor role will focus on supporting the delivery of Steps to the real me in the following areas:
1. Organising and delivering 1:1 and group activities. Experience in working with young people from marginalised backgrounds would be an advantage along with the ability to organise safe and innovative activities, centred around outdoor play.
2. Project Managing to ensure that young people are supported to access opportunities across with Solihull Moors Foundation and Northern Star Arts, as well as wider provision that will align with the project objectives of helping young people to meet their full potential.
How you'll contribute to Steps To The Real Me
We're looking for a reliable, enthusiastic, passionate person who can help to deliver our vision for to enable people to achieve their full potential and where barriers to living inclusive, happy and healthy lives. Working individually, alongside the wider Colebridge Trust Team and with our partner organisations you will:
1. Support the personal development of NEET young people, enabling them to develop new skills and qualifications and improve their long-term life chances;
2. Enhance the wellbeing of young people presenting with mental health issues, enabling them to improve both their physical and mental wellbeing;
3. Support isolated disabled young people to become more confident and more involved in recreational activities, enabling them to become better integrated with their wider peer group;
4. Ensure previously disengaged young people successfully progress from the project onto a wider range of activities including play opportunities, volunteering and employment;
5. Hone community development skills at a Partnership/Organisation level to help communities take greater ownership of places and spaces, unlocking new opportunities for leisure and play.
The suitable candidate will:
1. Be able to work with people who are living with poor mental health, additional needs and are at risk of social isolation;
2. Be able to work flexibly to enable the facilitation of activities during the evenings and weekends.
3. Hold a valid UK driving licence and/or be able to travel across Solihull Borough including to rural areas with limited transport links.
4. Have experience of developing and delivering Youth Projects – minimum 2 years.
5. Hold a Level 3 Mentoring qualification.
6. Have experience of developing stakeholder network, including statutory and non-statutory organisations.
7. Have experience of working with voluntary and community sector organisations.
8. Be experienced in working in a target/outcome driven environment.
9. Have a working knowledge of health/wellbeing/youth interventions.
10. Understand and be able to use innovative and creative interventions to help resolve the perceived barriers faced by marginalised groups/individuals.
11. Be experienced at managing caseloads (including managing records and evidence to a high standard).
12. Have an understanding of health and safety and risk assessments associated with delivering the activities.
Additional Information
- The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check.
- Local travel will be required and we will pay 40p per mile if you use your own car.
- We provide a contributory pension and 25-days annual leave.
- Location: Solihull and surrounding areas.
- Contract: Fixed until May 2026 (National Lottery Funded Role).
- Closing date: 12th July 2024.
- Expected start date: 1st August 2024.
- Please contact Gemma Ashington on 0121 448 0720 or email gemmaa@colebridge.org if wish to discuss the position.
To apply: please send an up-to-date CV alongside a covering letter (with a maximum of 500 words); audio recording or video (no more than 4 - 5 minutes long) responding to "Why do you think you can make a difference to young people experiencing barriers that are preventing them from living happy, healthy lives and lead a successful project with training and volunteering outcomes?"
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £25,000.00 per year
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
* Do you have experience of supporting young people aged 13-25?
* Have you prepared a covering letter of no more than 500 words, responding to "Why do you think you can make a difference to young people experiencing barriers that are preventing them from living happy, healthy lives and lead a successful project with training & volunteering outcomes?"
Education:
* A-Level or equivalent (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 12/02/2025
Reference ID: YPM/01/03
Expected start date: 03/03/2025
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