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Community Connector

Employer
NFP People
Location
Hybrid working/Edgbaston
Salary
£23000 Per Annum
Closing date
11 May 2022

Job Details

Community Connector

Community Connectors are responsible for building Early Help (0-25 years) capacity, connections, community agency and resilience within the 10 designated Localities in Birmingham.

Position: Community Connector (Edgbaston Early Help)

Location: Hybrid working/Edgbaston

Hours: Full-time

Salary: £23,000 per annum

Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2023

Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, hybrid working where the role allows, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

Closing Date: Wed 11th May at 5pm

The Role

The Community Connector role involves building working relationships for Children, Young people and Families across Community, Voluntary and Statutory Organisation (including schools and training providers, Health Providers, Business and community stakeholders within the Locality Partnership).

What the organisation has learnt in its work so far in the city, is that many staff working across the public sector and voluntary sector don’t know what support, or organisations are available in a neighbourhood. The Community Connectors role is to change this situation, and make sure all families can connect to support, help, activities, interests as part of a range of early help support.

This is a key element of the Early Help Programme for Birmingham. The intention is to enable communities to work collaboratively and seamlessly with all the relevant statutory agencies and third sector organisations to identify early those most in need of support and enabling the most appropriate health, education, vocational and social support and interventions within a localised community setting. This forms part of the charity’s vision to apply a family centred and preventative focus in tackling need and inequalities though partnership working

Duties and key responsibilities include:

Relationship building
Community engagement and mapping
Training and education
Social Prescribing and Digital Networking
Administration

About You

We are looking for a dynamic and energetic communicator with excellent engagement and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with young people, parents and carers who are experiencing health, wellbeing or social care difficulties.

You will have:

Experience of working in an engagement role with diverse community settings with statutory and third sector organisations
Experience of working with organisations that support vulnerable children, young people, families or groups
An understanding of information sharing, consent and confidentiality issues and risks
Experience and understanding of the importance of equalities, diversity and inclusion
An understanding of the lived experience of individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds
Have an in-depth understanding of community, faith, voluntary sector and leisure groups and how these can support wellbeing in communities and individuals

About the Organisation

A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, where the aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to staff including provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

You may also have experience in areas such as Community Development Worker, Social Service, Social Services, Support Worker, Care Worker, Early Help, Social Work, Youth, Youth Worker, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Care, Care and Support, Social Care, Community Support, Community, Children, Young People, Family, Community Project Officer, Community Partnerships Manager, Community Partnerships Officer, Community Engagement Officer, Community Engagement, Training, Advice, Advice and Information, Children, Community Support, Family Support, Education.

Company

We are Not-For-Profit People.

We recruit exclusively for organisations in the challenging Not-For-Profit sector. We’re fully behind the charities and bodies that aim to change the world – one project at a time. Whether you’re seeking exceptional leaders, committed staff or a combination of the two, you probably want to know exactly how we’re different and why it matters to you. We don’t do business as usual. We deliver a recruitment solution that replaces clunky, costly, contracted processes with a single, seamless solution.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01234 815658
Location
6 West Street
Olney
Buckinghamshire
MK46 5HR
GB

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