Racial Awareness Workshop Facilitator, Southend, Essex

About The Role

We re looking for an experienced HLTA, educator or facilitator to pilot our classroom-based training to children in primary and secondary education settings on race and identity. The training focuses on creating inclusive spaces for meaningful discussions about race, identity, and mental health helping children and young people explore identity, culture, and emotional well-being in a safe and supportive environment.

You'll need proven experience of working with large groups children in school settings and strong behaviour management skills. Your ability to facilitate group discussions, handle sensitive topics with confidence, and maintain positive classroom dynamics will be essential. You'll work collaboratively with teachers, bringing energy and creativity to the workshop delivery while supporting their professional development in this important area.

We encourage applications from all intersectional identities for this role, as we continue to educate ourselves about the under representation of ethnically and racially diverse colleagues in our workforce. We acknowledge that lived experience, whilst not a requirement for this role, can be beneficial especially as this facilitator role will be working within diverse school communities.

There are 2 positions, 21 hours each.

Recruitment Process:

As part of your application you will need to answer some shortlisting questions. Please answer these as fully as you can, we recommend using the STAR model. Situation, Task, Action Result.

Closing date for applications:30/03/2025

1st Interview date:03/04/25

Our Benefits

When you work at Place2Be whether that's in a school, supporting families, providing clinical supervision, or in IT, Finance, or Fundraising every role can make the difference to a young person. To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support.

Here s just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some you time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.

Should you require any adjustments to help you complete an application then please contact the recruitment team.mm

Please note if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please apply asap.

Safeguarding the young people we support is our top priority. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and we therefore apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure all candidates are appropriate for the roles they apply for and are appropriately screened prior to appointment including DBS checks and social media background checks.