Job Description

Support Through Sport are seeking a highly motivated, experienced and positive individual to join our rapidly growing organisation as an Interventions Manager to lead the provision of mentoring and education intervention programmes to disadvantaged young people within disadvantaged and underserved communities of Birmingham.

Support Through Sport delivers a range of sport-based intervention programmes, mentoring programmes, workshops, activities and youth development projects across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Birmingham. Our mentoring programmes and youth work interventions are designed to develop protective factors and decrease risk factors for young people at-risk of engagement in negative influences.

We use these positive initiatives as diversion and intervention programmes to support young people whilst tackling negative influences such as knife crime, gang violence, youth offending and serious youth violence. You will be supported to meet a benchmark of training and standards which includes:

First Aid Training

Managing Challenging Behaviour Training

Safeguarding Children and Young People Training

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training

Level 3 Qualification or higher in youth work

Management and leadership training

Enhanced DBS Check

Desirable Attributes Include:

Excellent knowledge of safeguarding

Direct youth work experience

Youth engagement skills

A full UK driving license

Good leadership abilities

Working well as a team and individually

Motivated and positive

A role model to young people and staff

Passionate about making a difference

Evening availability

Role and Responsibilities

Delivering and managing mentoring and interventions programmes to young people aged 8-18 and identified as 'at-risk' within disadvantaged communities.

Administration duties such as registration, emails, case noting, meeting preparation, leading meetings, using a HR management system and using a monitoring and evaluation software.

1 to 1 engagement with at-risk young people in a targeted mentoring capacity whilst supporting the development of mentoring staff.

Attending community events - locally, regionally and nationally - to represent the organisation and it's core aims and objectives whilst sharing information about our intervention programmes.

Managing the delivery of workshops and group-based interventions in line with our aims and objectives.

Discussions and meetings with professionals, referral organisations and agencies to follow our mentoring interventions process map including risk assessments and safety planning.

Acting as a community role model, representing the organisation professionally, proactively and positively whilst maintaining and upholding our values.

Developing thematic interventions delivery, providing support which is bespoke to every young person, or group of young people, dependant on their individual needs.

Attending meetings relevant to your role, specifically multi-agency meetings where a case is discussed and forward actions are agreed upon.

A strong work ethic, with the ability to put young people at the centre of your work and collaborate with others to achieve the best possible outcomes for every young person.

To raise aspirations and use a goal based framework to progress young people towards meaningful and sustainable opportunities.

To support the impact, evaluation and monitoring of our interventions programmes.

Benefits Include:

Working alongside a passionate, friendly team

Enhanced DBS check provided

Further development opportunities

Sense of satisfaction

Great team incentives

Positive working environment

Career Progression opportunities

Leaning new and innovative skills

Gaining valuable experience

All expenses paid

No micro-management

Training and CPD offers

Other Information

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Support Through Sport is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes application from all suitable qualified persons.

Data Privacy

Support Through Sport is committed to transparency about how it handles your personal information and to meet its obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Safeguarding

Support Through Sport demonstrates a rigorous and robust safe recruitment process that includes obtaining references, competing enhanced DBS checks, completion of our onboarding process and provides benchmark training to all coaches and other staff working with children and vulnerable adults through an Induction process which includes mandatory safeguarding training.

Recruitment Of Ex-Offenders

Support Through Sport is committed to promoting equality of opportunity by appointing a wide range of applicants. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent applicants from working with Support Through Sport. This will depend on the nature of the position and the context of the offences.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 25,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Canteen Company events Employee mentoring programme Free or subsidised travel Free parking
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 10/08/2025
Reference ID: InterventionsManagerBham
Expected start date: 04/08/2025