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Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia

Noarlunga Centre, South Australia, Australia

Team Leader Community Development

Noarlunga Centre, South Australia, Australia

Noarlunga Centre, South Australia, Australia

South Australia, Australia

Board member of Community Centres South Australia, the peak body for community and neighbourhood centres in South Australia. CCSA build capacity and promote best practice community development through online and face to face training and education.CCSA support the sector through advocacy, policy development, piloting projects and research, aligning their work to the needs of centres and the sector.

The Zone Hyndburn, Accrington, Lancashire, Uk

I managed the largest and most complex Youth Zone in Lancashire plus a smaller youth facility also situated in Hyndburn. I led a team of 14 people across the two locations in the district of Hyndburn, working closely with community projects and services to deliver quality youth work with young people. Managerial task included managing staff, resources, budgets and facility management.I coordinated fourteen delivery sessions per week at The Zone Hyndburn and two sessions per week at Great Harwood Young Peoples Centre. Sessions included targeted group work sessions, open youth club sessions, sport sessions, SEN groups and girls and boys sessions. I also held a caseload of young people working 1-1 with young people around issues such as drug and alcohol use, emotional wellbeing, self confidence and self esteem, resilience and school attendance.Successes included leading a group of young people on a community expedition to India, creating opportunities for young people to improve their career prospects and supporting a hard to reach young person on an international opportunity through The Journey of a Lifetime Trust.

Hyndburn

Whilst continuing in my main role as Senior Youth Officer, I coordinated the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme across the Hyndburn district of Lancashire covering six secondary schools, one private school and Young Peoples Service. The role included introducing new schools to the award, supporting them with setting up the award and ensuring that policy and procedures were followed when delivering the award. Achievements included organising large scale presentation events (200+ guests and VIPs) each year at a special Duke of Edinburgh award showcase.

Accrington, Lancashire, Uk

Whilst continuing in my main role as Senior Youth Officer, I managed a small charity with a turnover of over £200k (approx. $340k) reporting directly to a board of Directors; the role included managing staff, volunteers, resources, facilities and budgets within a large youth and community centre at the heart of the community.The role included setting and managing the budget, ensuring that overall expenditure was reduced which was achieved by working hard with contractors and suppliers to reduce cost in these areas. The role also included managing two externally funded projects of £60k (approx. $98k).Achievements included managing payroll and accounts for four months whilst the finance officer was on long term sickness and reducing expenditure to increase profit and reduce budgeting issues.

Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, Uk

Mostly in a volunteering capacity, I coordinated the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme in a busy high school. This included setting up the award and delivering Bronze and Silver awards across the full disciplines of physical, volunteering, skill and expeditions of the award. My role included working with teachers and support staff to develop their knowledge of the award to ensure pupils were fully supported through the award.Achievements included setting up the award and developing it over four years before handing delivery back to school to drive it forward with more resources and support from teachers. The school now delivers the bronze award to the full school year.

Hyndburn

Full time L3 Youth Development Worker following promotion from L1 part time worker in September 2006. I managed a team of seven people across two externally funded projects, Lancashire Children's Fund (LCF) and the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB). I managed budgets of over £100k with LCF focused on work with 8-13 year olds in a youth club setting. SRB was a new project which focused on working with young people on the streets in street based youth work across three of the most disadvantaged wards in Hyndburn. Both projects were extremely successful with all funding objectives met over the course of the projects.

Ribble Valley

Part time L1 youth worker delivering youth work sessions four evenings per week.

Ilm Level 5, Leadership And Management, Pass

Post Gradute Diploma, Youth And Community Services, Pass

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Sport And Leisure Management, 2:2