{"id":1201,"date":"2018-11-22T11:17:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2018-11-22T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:24:06","slug":"summer-jobs-at-the-national-citizen-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/11\/22\/summer-jobs-at-the-national-citizen-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer jobs at the National Citizen Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Challenge is the UK&#8217;s largest social integration charity and a major provider of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsthechallenge.org\/\">National Citizen Service (NCS)<\/a> programme. During summer 2019 it is\u00a0 offering <strong>4,000 paid mentor, leader and facilitator positions<\/strong>\u00a0to work on the NCS programme across the UK .<\/p>\n<p>Working on NCS, students will have the chance to develop transferable skills such as<strong> leadership, professionalism, responsibility and prioritisation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is NCS?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NCS is a three-week programme for young people aged 15-17, which aims to enhance social integration by bringing together young people from different backgrounds.<\/li>\n<li>During the programme, participants get involved in various outdoor activities, learn public speaking, creative and entrepreneurial skills<\/li>\n<li>The young people then use these skills to engage with the community and set up their own social action project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information visit:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/staffing.the-challenge.org\/about-us<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1203\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/files\/2018\/11\/NCS-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/files\/2018\/11\/NCS-image.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/files\/2018\/11\/NCS-image-120x300.png 120w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/files\/2018\/11\/NCS-image-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/files\/2018\/11\/NCS-image-410x1024.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/11\/22\/summer-jobs-at-the-national-citizen-service\/&amp;t=Summer jobs at the National Citizen Service' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Summer jobs at the National Citizen Service%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/11\/22\/summer-jobs-at-the-national-citizen-service\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/11\/22\/summer-jobs-at-the-national-citizen-service\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/11\/22\/summer-jobs-at-the-national-citizen-service\/&amp;title=Summer jobs at the National Citizen Service' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/2018\/11\/22\/summer-jobs-at-the-national-citizen-service\/&amp;title=Summer jobs at the National Citizen Service' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Challenge is the UK&#8217;s largest social integration charity and a major provider of the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme. 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