Sound ON sessions will take place weekly in term time every Wednesday from 11 September 4pm-5.30pm.

£75 per session (£50 per hour for delivery including planning & preparation)

Plus £16 per hour for additional meeting time.

Essential:

• At least two years experience of working in youth arts and experience of leading participatory drama &/or arts projects with children and young people.

• Commitment to delivering arts projects that achieve a positive social impact.

• Knowledge & experience of implementing Child Protection & Safeguarding policies.

Desirable:

• Experience of working on creative projects that support mental health & wellbeing.

• Experience of working with children experiencing homelessness and/or multiple barriers to social inclusion.

• Experience of working with spoken word, storytelling, physical theatre &/or other visual theatre techniques.

• Creative craft skills such as mask or puppet making.

•  Lead on delivery of a high-quality creative project in line with Sound ON’s aims & objectives.

• Implement a young people centred approach to delivery & respond to participants’ individual & collective needs.

• Liaise with the Assistant Facilitator to support sessions & supervise where appropriate.

• Attend meetings as appropriate with Elevator Arts & project partners. 

• Engage fully in the evaluation process.

• Implement Elevator Arts’ Child Protection & Safeguarding policies

Sound ON is a development of our 2022 & 2023 projects funded by Ragdoll Foundation, SAVS & National Lottery Community Fund. The project aims to improve mental health & wellbeing plus support communication skills for children & young people experiencing homelessness & living in temporary accommodation.

Sound ON is in partnership with South Essex Homes and we will work with up to 15 young people from age 6 upwards years.

The project will make a difference to participants through:

• Improving mental health & wellbeing.

• Increasing confidence.

• Build social skills, self-awareness & self-regulation.

• Empower & enable participants to express their identity & build a positive self-image.

• Develop communication & spoken language skills.

• Combat social isolation.

• Develop sense of ownership & belonging for participants to feel part of & able to participate in the wider community.

• Widen participants’ experience & develop new skills.

• Raise visibility & amplify voices of young people often hidden within our community.

• Provide families in temporary accommodation respite by providing free activities for children & opportunities to socialise.