Job title: Life Skills and Activities Coordinator
Central London
Hours: 35 hours (full time)
Salary: £33,133 plus benefits
At the Cardinal Hume Centre, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a full life, but we know that homelessness and poverty can wreck that potential. Too often homelessness at a young age is repeated and compounded in later years. Our renewed vision is to increase our focus on young people, children and their families. To value every individual, nurture their potential and help people thrive. We are looking to recruit a life skills and activities co-ordinator to concentrate on building and expanding relationships with young people living in our supported accommodation as well as families in Westminster who attend sessions in our Family Services department. This is a unique and rewarding role in our Employment & Learning Team that will involve meeting and working with residents in our supported accommodation on a one-to-one basis and in groups, facilitating activities and evaluating and building evidence that these interventions have made a difference. Your work will focus on supporting our residents (aged 16-25) on-site with their Life Skills development. You will also work holistically to support the families who attend sessions in the Family Centre and who attend outings and away days. The role also requires facilitating our study club (aged 13+) and group ESOL sessions (19+).
Please refer to the job description for further information. If you have any questions or would like to have a confidential discussion regarding the role please contact our HR Advisor, Tara Glazik at recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk
In your cv and cover letter, please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history.
The Centre is an equal opportunities employer. We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of homeless young people, insecurely housed families and their children. We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups in the not-for-profit sector to step forward and apply to work with us. We require our staff to recognise the valuable role that volunteers play in the work of the Centre and to welcome and support volunteers with whom they work.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We require job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas.
Benefits
- 26 days’ leave, rising to 28 days’ leave after two years’ service (pro-rata for part-time staff)
- Discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days
- Workplace pension scheme and we’ll match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%
- Life assurance cover (after probation passed)
- Employee assistance programme
- Season ticket loan
- Training and development opportunities
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
How to apply
Send your cv and cover letter to recruitment@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk
To ensure fairness at all stages, please don’t send your application to any other email address at the Centre.
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 17th November
Shortlisting date: w/c 17th November
Interviews: w/c 24th November
If you’ve not heard from us three weeks after the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
