Job Description

About Street Teams

Street Teams is a specialist charity dedicated to supporting children, young people, families, and communities. While our core focus is raising awareness of exploitation and reducing harms outside the home, our wider mission is to help communities thrive, feel safe, and achieve better outcomes. We work to empower and equip individuals and professionals with the knowledge, skills, and support needed to protect and strengthen the lives of young people, adults and communities.

About the Role

The Educational Lead will play a key role in the delivery of education programmes across schools, alternative provisions, professionals and community settings. Through engaging sessions and training, the post holder will empower people to recognise and respond to exploitation and other risks affecting young people.

We are entering an exciting period of growth and are seeking a passionate, skilled, and motivated individual to help shape the next phase of our educational work. This is an opportunity to lead impactful programmes that make a tangible difference to children, young people, and the wider community.

The Educational Lead will oversee, coordinate, and deliver high quality educational activities across Walsall and West midlands. This includes workshops, assemblies, professional training, and community based sessions on key topics such as exploitation, online safety, healthy relationships, peer influence, and contextual safeguarding.

You will also act as the primary point of contact for schools, local authorities, and partner organisations.

Key Responsibilities

Coordination & Oversight

Coordinate the planning and delivery of all educational programmes and training. Monitor programmes to ensure they meet organisational standards and objectives. Support and mentor staff delivering educational sessions. Liaise with schools, local authorities, and partners to facilitate delivery. Ensure compliance with safeguarding, health and safety, equality, and inclusion. Evaluate programme delivery, identifying trends, successes, and areas for improvement. Assist with reports, presentations, and updates for management, funders, and stakeholders.
Programme Delivery & Support

Oversee and deliver school based sessions, workshops, and programmes. Deliver sessions directly to children, young people, families, professionals, and communities. Ensure all sessions are age appropriate, engaging, and tailored to participants. Support staff in developing resources and interactive activities. Act as a point of contact for complex educational situations or safeguarding matters. Participate in multi-agency meetings, providing educational insight and recommendations.
General Responsibilities

Attend training, supervision, and professional development as required. Work in line with all Street Teams' policies, including safeguarding and equality, diversity and inclusion. Carry out additional duties relevant to the role and salary grade.

Person Specification

Desirable Skills & Experience

Experience delivering educational sessions or training to children, young people, or professionals. Knowledge of exploitation, safeguarding, and risks affecting young people. Strong communication and presentation skills. Ability to manage and prioritise multiple programmes at once. Experience working with schools or community groups. Confident in building and maintaining professional relationships. Ability to respond appropriately to safeguarding disclosures Background in youth work, teaching, social care, or related fields. Knowledge of contextual safeguarding or trauma-informed practice. Experience evaluating programmes or using feedback to improve delivery.

Personal Qualities

Passionate about supporting young people and strengthening communities. Creative, adaptable, and confident in engaging diverse groups. Organised, reliable, and able to work independently. Reflective, open to learning, and committed to high-quality practice.

We welcome lived experience!

We actively encourage applications from people with lived experience of the issues we are working to address, including exploitation, adversity in childhood, or navigating services as a young person or family. You don't need to meet every point in the person specification, if you are passionate, values driven, and feel you could make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role before applying, please contact us.

What We Offer

Additional discretionary paid leave between Christmas and New Year (office closure period). Flexible working: usual working hours are 9:00am - 4:30pm with a paid 30-minute lunch break, meaning a reduced full-time working week of 34.5 hours. You may be required to work outside of these hours, but you will have the ability to work back Time Off in Lieu (TOIL). You may need to travel or drive to other areas as part of the role; mileage is paid in line with organisational policy. Supportive, child-centred team with regular supervision and reflective practice. Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 29,870.00-32,960.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Company pension On-site parking
Work Location: In person