Community Sports and Wellbeing Coordinator

Project Resilience is One YMCA's 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 a range of residents as we can, breaking down barriers through our in-house class timetable and engaging with community partners to open opportunities and pathways for our residents. This is part of One YMCA’s overall mission to break the cycle of homelessness.

As a 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.

Location and Transport: Although Hatfield will be your base for this work, you will be required to travel to sites throughout Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. A vehicle will be supplied.

Hours: We have two part-time vacancies available: one for 20 hours per week and one for 15 hours per week. Flexible working patterns are available.

The Vacancy:

• Deliver Health and Wellbeing activities, sessions, and events for One YMCA residents.
• Liaise with necessary stakeholders, partners, and clinical services who are involved in the programme on a regular basis.
• Work as part of a team to identify opportunities for improvement of the programme and design effective sessions based upon resident and group feedback.
• Track all session delivery and measure outcomes and outputs effectively to ensure reporting is accurate and delivered on time.
• Work closely with One YMCA Marketing & Communications and One YMCA Housing teams to deliver content and attract participants.
• Lead by example by demonstrating excellent customer service, coaching delivery skills, and professionalism.
• Ensure instruction and advice offered to residents is safe and of high quality.
• Keep up to date with industry knowledge and developments.
• Track session attendance and measure outcomes and outputs effectively to ensure reporting is accurate and delivered on time.

Requirements:

• Good level of knowledge of the health and fitness industry.
• Experience in fitness instruction and class delivery.
• Mental Health First Aid Qualification (or willing to work towards).
• Experience of supporting vulnerable adults in a homelessness/social care or other relevant setting.

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.

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.

A full job description is available - Please click the link at the bottom of the page.

This is a Part Time role. Hours per week: 20 Working Pattern: Up to 20 hours per week, days and hours to be discussed at interview.