Job purpose:
To oversee the delivery of the DIVERT programme and Street Soccer Academy.
Role description:
The DIVERT Custody Intervention Coaches are not Police officers or staff and will instead work for the Football Club Community Organisation within the custody suites. Conversations are confidential between the coach and the client. It will not interfere with the Criminal Justice process. They are fully trained and ready to listen in a non judgmental way.
Programme description:
DIVERT is a custody Intervention programme which is designed to reduce reoffending and has been funded by the London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). It will be delivered in Wandsworth custody suite by Bounce Back Foundation and AFC Wimbledon Foundation and it aims to DIVERT young adults between 18-25 years away from crime. DIVERT addresses a gap in the statutory provision for young people in London. DIVERT has introduced specialist Custody Intervention Coaches (CICs) from local football community clubs to engage young adults during their detention in police custody.
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Hours: 37.5 hours per week, any 5 of 7 days
Contract type: Fixed term until 31st March 2025
Pay: Competitive
Location: Wandsworth Police Station (4 days p/w) and Cherry Red Records Stadium (1 day p/w)
AFC Wimbledon Foundation was formed in 2013 after a recognition that the ground-breaking creation, establishment
and success of AFC Wimbledon Football Club was built on the energy and effort of its supporters. The football club
wanted to pay back this support by providing a series of targeted community-based activities for local people and
formed the Foundation to deliver this work. The Foundation has completed some fantastic project work in the early
years of its existence across SW London and is positioning itself at the centre of the exciting new stadium development
at Plough Lane.
The Foundation has developed a series of key girls only and women’s sessions within its work programmes over the
last five years and is now looking to expand and develop new funded streams of work, creating additional playing and
coaching opportunities, particularly for marginalised communities and those who don’t traditionally access organised
team sports. The Foundation has strong links with AFC Wimbledon Womens’ First Team and AFCW Girls teams and
part of the role will be to explore further links and partnership work across the Wimbledon family.