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Spotlight Student Placement

Spotlight is a creative youth service designed to inspire. Shaped by young people, for young people and its all free!

Spotlight has state of the art studios, film, design and broadcast facilities with performance, dance, boxing, fashion spaces with a cafe, offices and meeting/one to one rooms.

Read and follow the instructions below to apply to do your placement as part of a team of youth workers supporting the provision of inspiring opportunities for young people at Spotlight.

What will you do? 

  • Welcome young people to the centre and help new attendees feel comfortable 
  • Supervise and engage with young people in the Games Room and Cafe space 
  • Facilitate friendly game play and ensure fair use of equipment 
  • Support young people in following centre rules 
  • Build positive relationships with young people through informal conversations and activities 
  • Assist staff with setting up and clearing away equipment and spaces 
  • Help maintain a clean, safe, and organised environment 
  • Support centre wide events and activities as needed 
  • Provide new members with tours of the centre and support them to understand our programme offer 
  • Feedback to senior leaders on Safeguarding or concerns 
  • Support on the delivery of trips and school holiday programmes
  • Develop and deliver your own programme including providing a session plan, risk assessment compliant with Spotlight’s safeguarding procedure
  • Complete your placement hours between 2:30pm and 8:30pm in term time, and 11:45am and 7:15pm in the school holidays (Monday to Friday only)
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Contact:

Samuel Conley
volunteer@wearespotlight.com
020 7536 8862
wearespotlight.com

Requirements

We are looking for motivated, energetic and enthusiastic placement students. You will have excellent listening skills and the ability to empathise. As you will build relationships with young people it is important that you are reliable and ideally you will be able to be placed for at least three months on a regular weekly basis. All applicants must be 18 or over.

What can we offer?

  • We aim to provide a meaningful experience for you as a placement student.
  • You will have a full induction followed by the right training and ongoing support.
  • You will have a named supervisor and there will be opportunities for regular feedback so you can track your progress and work towards meeting your particular goals.
  • You will be prioritised for any further training we have on offer.
  • You will receive agreed ‘out of pocket’ travel and food expenses with proof of receipts.
  • We will provide you with an honest reference regardless of how long you are with us.
  • We can promise a safe environment without discrimination and a supportive space to be in.

All placement students will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check and to supply references. Placement students must be 18 or over.