NCS Team Leader
Job title: NCS Team Leader
Salary: Approx. £900 for the 10-day summer programme
Hours: A minimum of 90 hours per programme
Reporting to: NCS Wave Leader
Responsible for: Assistant Team Leaders, NCS Participants (aged 16-17 years)
Location: Plymouth
About us
Groundwork works across the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face. We provide training and create jobs, reduce energy use and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step we’ll go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential.
About The Programme: What is NCS?
The National Citizen Service (NCS) is a youth development programme aimed at increasing integration and social cohesion in wider society. In the summer and autumn, young people of diverse backgrounds engage in a range of hands-on, group activities.
The first phase is aimed at challenging the young people using team building, problem solving and widening comfort zones. In the second phase, the emphasis shifts toward building life skills, taking part in enterprise challenges and exploring the world of work and personal development. In the third phase, young people work together to design and deliver a social action project in their local community aimed at addressing specific local needs.
About the role
As a Team Leader you will be instrumental in creating a safe, positive and life-changing experience for a team of up to 16 young people throughout the programme, alongside one other Team Leader. You will support young people’s development on the programme by providing pastoral care, delivering inclusive curriculum sessions and guiding them through social action or community-centred initiatives.
Responsibilities
● You will be responsible for pastoral care, safeguarding, and the overall development of a group of young people
● You will effectively manage behaviour and meet the personal development needs of young people with the support of the Wave Leader
● You will work collaboratively with your Wave Leader and liaise effectively with other staff on the programme, and Groundwork SW core NCS staff
● You will participate in and ensure active participation of all young people in activities while also adapting to any specific needs in your team
● You will deliver curriculum sessions in line with the NCS ethos including guided reflection 2
● You will lead visits to community partners and charities and foster those relationships to deliver meaningful social action and/or community-centred initiatives
● You will actively support your team of young people to plan their social action project and/or community-centred initiative
● You will comply with the safeguarding policies of Groundwork SW to ensure a safe programme and adhere to health and safety, risk assessment, GDPR and incident procedures and policies
Programme Dates
The summer programmes will run from 28th June to 8th July, and 8th to 19th August. This is a two-week programme. The first week is residential (4 nights and 5 days) and the second week takes place for 4 or 5 days in the local community.
Safer Recruitment Policy
As part of the Groundwork SW recruitment process, we will carry out stringent levels of vetting and checks to ensure a safe programme. This will involve mandatory references, proof of right to work and enhanced DBS certificate with children’s barred list check. We will require two references for all staff, one of which must be a professional reference. Appropriate evidence will confirm your right to work in the UK. A new DBS check must be completed by all programme staff through a provider designated and paid for by Groundwork London. You will also have to have full knowledge of and commitment to the safeguarding policies of Groundwork SW to ensure a safe and successful programme.
Want to apply?
There are two stages to apply:
1. Register with the NCS Trust by completing a short webform. In the form, you will be asked, “Ideally, where would you like to work?” You will have the option to select either location or provider. Select I want to work for a specific provider and Groundwork – SW as the provider if you’re passionate about transforming the lives of young people in some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities and creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green.
https://wearencs.com/work-with-us/on-programme
2. Complete and submit the full Groundwork application form online.
NCS Team Leader – Job Description
All completed applications should be emailed to NCSrecruitment@groundwork.org.uk
Once you have applied, your applications will be processed and those who are successful will be invited to an assessment day.
Make yourself at home
We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. You will fit right in and feel at home with our amazing friendly NCS Staff team who between them have over 40 years of experience working on NCS, together with their skills and knowledge and your enthusiasm you will achieve great things.
Groundwork is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.