Airplay Worker

We are excited to be looking for an Airplay Worker to join our team at YMCA Leeming, RAF Leeming. The post holder will work 8 hours per week with an hourly rate of up to £10.82. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of our children and youth work within the RAF Benevolent Fund’s Airplay Project on RAF Leeming. The children's work is delivered through our BEN Clubs working with children aged 5-7 years old and our youth work is delivered through Airplay youth sessions working with young people aged 8-18 years old.

**Job Title**:Airplay Worker
**Location**: RAF Leeming, Northallerton DL7 9NJ
**Hours per week**: 8 Hours (2 Hours Term Time)
**Contract Type**:Permanent
**Salary**:Up to £10.82

**Benefits**: In addition to joining a great team, our colleagues also benefit from: access to a free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 GP Helpline, discount at our Café and Nursery, a free gym membership for you and a loved one and training opportunities on various topics such as Safeguarding, Mental health and Health and Safety, Birthday off and enhanced holiday.

We are looking for a qualified individual who has experience delivering face to face activities with young people.

An understanding of and experience of facing challenging behaviours and an ability to de-escalate situations is desirable. Most importantly, we are looking for someone with a strong understanding of safeguarding who is able to work well in a team environment.

**Who are we?**
YMCA Leeming, is part of YMCA North Tyneside, a Voluntary Sector Organisation undertaking youth and community programme work in areas of North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Teesdale and Leeming. We are part of the worldwide YMCA movement, which started in London in 1844 and now has grown to become the world's largest and oldest youth movement. Now more than 175 years later YMCA is operating in 119 countries, with 64 million people reached annually around the world.

**What is Airplay?**
Airplay is the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund’s (RAFBF) flagship support programme for children and young people whose parents are serving in the Royal Air Force (RAF). Airplay consists of Airplay Youth Support as well as the provision on state-of-the-art play parks and childcare centres. The RAFBF investment in Airplay Youth Support means RAF stations can provide a stimulating, year-round programme of activities for children and young people run by a network of trained youth and play workers.

Airplay Youth Support seeks to raise the quality of provision for children and young people at RAF Stations and remotely so that children, young people, and their parents/carers can rest assured that wherever they may be based, Airplay will be there to provide a warm welcome and a supportive environment. Airplay Youth Support is made up of three strands:
- Airplay: A face-to-face youth work programme providing activities and opportunities for young people aged 8-18 at 24 RAF Stations across the UK.

Ben Clubs: A face-to-face play work programme providing activities and opportunities for young people aged 5 - 7 at 24 RAF Stations across the UK.

Airplay Connect: A digital platform providing play and youth work activities, resources, and opportunities for young people aged 5 to 18 to connect wherever they are living in the world.

Our mission is to create a community where everyone is healthy, happy and connected. We seek to champion those that have no voice and support those that need it most. Employing nearly 100 members of staff across various locations, we are ambitious, vibrant and visionary.

If you have experience of support work, an understanding of safeguarding and a passion to make a real difference to the lives of others in a warm and welcoming team, we’d like to hear from you.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 8 per week

**Salary**: Up to £10.82 per hour

Work Location: One location