Community Sports and Wellbeing Instructor

Project Resilience is One YMCA Award winning Health and Wellbeing Project which brings sports and exercise to the heart of housing accommodation sites. We take a client centric approach supporting our residents who have faced homelessness and rough sleeping to engage in physical activity to improve their mental and physical health.

Our aim is to engage as many and as diverse range of residents as we can breaking down barriers though our in house class time-table and engaging with community partners to open opportunities and pathways for our residents. This is part of One YMCAS overall mission to break the cycle of homelessness.

As the a Community Sports and Wellbeing Instructor (internally known as a Project Resilience Worker) you will play a pivotal role in complementing the work of support and complex needs workers bringing exercise and physical activity to our accommodation sites and showing people what a powerful tool it can be in building resilience and increasing wellbeing

Were looking to fill this role on a part-time basis (up to 22.5 hours per week). However if youre interested in full-time hours wed love to hear from you too! A full-time role would involve supporting our teams across both our Watford and High Wycombe sites.

The Role
Deliver fun inclusive and engaging sports and exercise sessions within our housing accommodation sites.
Support residents who have experienced homelessness or rough sleeping to build confidence resilience and healthier lifestyles through physical activity.
Work closely with support and complex needs workers to complement residents overall wellbeing plans.
Develop and run an in-house timetable of classes tailored to residents interests and abilities.
Build strong relationships with community partners to widen opportunities and create pathways for residents into local activities clubs and initiatives.
Actively encourage and inspire residents from all backgrounds to overcome barriers and take part in exercise.
Promote the benefits of sport and physical activity as powerful tools for improving both mental and physical health.
Help One YMCA achieve its mission to break the cycle of homelessness through innovative health and wellbeing programmes.

This is an exciting time to be joining One YMCA as we embark on an ambitious plan to grow our housing service and complementary services and double the impact we have across all our accommodation sites.

Important: We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.
As some of our roles involve working with vulnerable members of society this position may require a Basic or Enhanced Criminal Disclosure which will be conducted once a conditional offer is made
Previous Applications: We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. However if you have applied for a similar role within the last 6 months and were not successful please consider whether your experience has developed further before reapplying
Accessibility & Adjustments: We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and will strive to be as accommodating as possible. Please inform us in advance of any arrangements you may need to fully participate in the process.

At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent skills and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage/Civil Partnership Pregnancy/Maternity Race Religion/Belief Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds communities and industries and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills experiences and abilities.
This is a Part Time role.
Hours per week: 22.5
Working Pattern: Part-time up to 22.5 hours per week. Specific days and hours to be agreed at interview.

One YMCA and its subsidiaries the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive three-day Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts Beds and Bucks that reach over 135000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of childrens and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.