Youth Troupe Lead Facilitator
Theatre Troupe CIO Closing date: Thu, 07 May 2026
- Part time
- £25k-£30k
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Job Summary
Job Description
South London Youth Troupe is a multi-arts group for 7-11 year olds who have complex mental distress as a result of adverse childhood experiences. It is one of two flagship groups delivered through Theatre Troupe's specialist attachment theory based and trauma-informed approach. The Youth Troupe Theatre Facilitator works alongside our artist-therapist. Both practitioners will collaborate on building a new theatre production to be produced and performed at the end of the project. Children have the opportunity to take part in a range of theatre activities as designed and facilitated by the theatre artist which may include one or more of the following: dramaturgy/devising, acting, directing, writing for the stage and dance/movement and choreography. You will also collaborate with a team of volunteers who offer artistic and therapeutic support to children throughout the process.
The role is both a therapeutic and a creative one. The Lead Theatre Facilitator will deliver artistic activities with excellence in mind at all times, and it will act as a therapeutic process where the work supports the reduction of mental distress in each child and enables them to move into brighter futures.
Job Requirements
Location: Southwark Playhouse Elephant (SE11 4RX)
Dates: Contract runs between June 10th 2026 and May 31st 2027
Times and hours: 4.5 hours a week on Monday afternoons (excluding school holidays)
Fee: £350 per month (£4300 in total)
For more details please see the Application Pack
You will need to have:
At least three years' experience in facilitation in youth theatre and/or youth arts
At least two years' experience working with children with significant social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and/or mental health problems
Experience working with volunteers in community or educational activity
Experience in producing performance
Experience in working with other professional arts practitioners
Professional experience or training in acting, directing and/or dramaturgy
For further requirements of the Person Specification, please see the Application pack
Job Responsibilities
Work with the artist-therapist to deliver theatre/drama arts workshops that culminate in a production at the end of the contracted period
In collaboration with the artist-therapist deliver high quality artistic activities that are tailored to the needs and wishes of the children
Design and deliver workshop activities in line with Theatre Troupe Model (TTM) methodology, bearing in mind its attachment and attunement process and working in a trauma-informed way (training and guidance will be given in this)
Support volunteers in participating fully, with children, in activities
Work with the Artistic Director to ensure workshops deliver artistic and supportive excellence within workshops and performances
To work with the artist-therapist and safeguarding lead to offer high level support to children who are especially vulnerable
To contribute to the evaluation required by Theatre Troupe for research and funding purposes
(Whilst we welcome applications from drama therapists, you will nee
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Youth Troupe Lead Facilitator
- Salary: £25k-£30k (pro-rata)
- Hours: Part time
- Artform: Performing arts
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Contract
- Closing date: Thu, 07 May 2026
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Job: Youth Troupe Lead Facilitator
Job: Youth Troupe Lead Facilitator
Organisation: Theatre Troupe CIO
Postcode: SE11 4RX
How to Apply
For an application pack and application form, please visit the Recruitment page on our website.
- Contact name: Emily Hunka
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Theatre Troupe CIO
Theatre Troupe is a theatre-arts organisation that works with young people who have experienced trauma, and have complex mental health problems as a result, to demonstrate the power theatre has in changing lives. When children join us, they become a member of a "troupe", a theatre family that works together through performance arts to produce a show. Through mentoring and artistic work, children can heal and move on to brighter futures. Our work is trauma informed, based on attachment theo