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Find your next role with St John Ambulance.We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:Competitive salary and pension scheme33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 yearsCycle to work schemeElectric Vehicle SchemeHealth and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance ProgrammeDiscounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shoppingAbout UsThis is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,200 employees and over 29,500 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response and Night Time Economy) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.Job SummaryYoung Responders is an exciting project that started delivering street first aid sessions during 2023 as part of St John Ambulance. The project was created to engage and empower young people from diverse communities who face the greatest health inequities to become active health citizens, through practical physical first aid and mental awareness sessions relevant to the challenges they face.The programme is aimed at young people aged 11 to 25, who would not typically come through our doors delivering first aid training to young people from under-served communities. In 2023 the Young Responders team delivered sessions to almost 16,000 Young People and over 2024 they aim to reach a further 20,000 Young People, if not more.Working as part of the team as a Facilitator you will support the growth of the service and be responsible for directly leading and delivering first aid training sessions with community organisations and educational settings. This role will also offer pastoral support to our growing Volunteer team offering mentoring and guidance to those delivering sessions supporting their welfare and wellbeing.This is a 35 hours per week role and we are looking for someone who is empathetic and feels passion about supporting Young People. The role is to cover London so travel is essential.Required Knowledge, Skills and ExperienceExperience in Youth Work or working with young people in a community contextExperience of planning and/or the delivery of community-based trainingExperience of safeguarding and willing to undertake Safeguarding training relevant to the roleStrong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels, verbally and in writingUnderstanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and issues around social mobilityAbility to work well in a team and able to motivate young people and volunteersAbout the RoleWork collaboratively with the Project Coordinators to plan the delivery of young responder first aid sessions in the communityWork with the Partnerships Manager to identify and build partnerships with local organisations and educational settings to support project deliveryEngage with a range of stakeholders both internally and externally to St John AmbulanceLiaise with the Delivery Teams to promote the project in the communityEffectively provide pastoral support and guidance to the Volunteer team to ensure their welfare and wellbeingBe aware of the contextual safeguarding issues that might arise, raising concerns and supporting young people in accordance with St John Ambulance policyEnsure training sessions held in the community are risk assessed and registered as per current St John Ambulance proceduresPlease see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)To find out more about us visit
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or follow us on our socials.If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here.For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply please apply below.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and ..... full job details .....