Community Connector

2 weeks ago

North Shields, North Tyneside, United Kingdom The Cedarwood Trust Full time
Job Description - Community Connector

Job Title:
Community Connector

Project:
Learning For Life

Salary:
£26,000 pro rata

Duration Full Time 32 hrs / Permanent

Clearance required:

DBS

Responsible to:
Learning for Life Project Manager

Job Purpose:
To work within the mission and values of the charity.

  • To inspire individuals to develop a healthy lifestyle, including the development of physical and mental health and wellbeing.
  • To actively outreach and encourage people to engage in the Step up into Care and Nurture
  • Academy training, to encourage return to employment, further education, or volunteering.
Key Responsibilities

Your duties are to:

  • Actively contribute to an inclusive, stimulating, and welcoming environment for staff and service users by promoting a culture that maintains all professional boundaries.
  • Actively promote the Cedarwood Trusts values and ethos.
  • Manage your own time and workload effectively, whilst also working as part of a team.
  • Identify any opportunities for quality improvement and raise them through the Bright Ideas process.
  • Contribute to the organization's marketing and publicity.
  • Keyholders must adhere to key holder responsibilities.
  • Actively engage with the community through varied and appropriate channels to promote the learning opportunities provided by the Cedarwood Trust.
  • Actively recruit students to the Step up into Care and Nurture Academy programs and compete Individual Learner Records (ILRs) as appropriate to meet NTCA monthly targets.
  • Ensure that service user files are maintained to meet the requirements of Ofsted and NTCA.
  • Liaise and work alongside the tutors to ensure a smooth and supported transition for all students.
  • Support individuals by developing and maintaining good communication with people accessing the program to ensure that their strengths, goals, and preferences as individuals are met.
  • Connect people to relevant opportunities and services within their community to achieve their goals.
  • Develop positive working relationships with key health and social care workers, including care navigators, GPs, and neighbourhood enhanced care teams.
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key relevant community
- based service providers to ensure effective and smooth onward referrals, including other local voluntary, community, and social enterprise organizations.

  • Build up knowledge of what opportunities and services are available in the local and wider community and assist individuals to access through attending with them or providing information on the means to do so.
  • Monitor and record key information on the Upshot system (and ILR folders where appropriate) regarding individual's participation, including tracking (client journey) their experience and outcomes and provide timely feedback to referral partners.
  • Support and assist with the monitoring and evaluation of the program including producing relevant monitoring reports as well as collecting broader qualitative and outcome data from case studies, focus groups and interviews to understand how or why the delivery approach is impacting on people and the local community.

NOTE:
Cedarwood Trust provides front line services and recognises the need to respond flexibly to changing demands and circumstances.

Whilst this job description provides a summary of the post, this may need to be adapted or adjusted to meet changing circumstances.


Person Specification Essential (E) Desirable (D)
Experience of building positive relationships (E)

Effective time management and organisational
skills and the ability to manage competing work demands (E)

Commitment to and understanding of equal
opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices (E)

Excellent communication orally, face to face, and in
writing with ability to motivate and influence through
communications. (E)

Good computer skills and the ability to undertake and
manage data collection systems (E)

Ability to develop good working relationships with
other agencies (E)

Knowledge of active lifestyle barriers and motivators (D)

Experience of working towards achieving individual and
team objectives, targets and KPIs (E)

Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post (E)

An understanding of the needs of people with complex lives (E)

An ability to deliver a high-quality customer service meeting the needs of professionals and service user (E)

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Bereavement leave
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Free parking
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Onsite parking

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • North Shields: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

  • GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 07/07/2023

Expected start date: 01/08/2023

  • Community Connector

    1 week ago

    South Shields, United Kingdom Inspire South Tyneside Full time

    Please note the salary is FTE A Community Connector focuses on engaging, mobilising and connecting the skills, knowledge and talents of every community based organisations into the wider South Tyneside system They focus on what is ‘strong’ not what is ‘wrong’. They are very comfortable encouraging community leaders and professionals to keep reaching...

  • Community Connector

    1 week ago

    South Shields, United Kingdom Inspire South Tyneside Full time

    Please note the salary is FTE A Community Connector focuses on engaging, mobilising and connecting the skills, knowledge and talents of every community based organisations into the wider South Tyneside system They focus on what is ‘strong’ not what is ‘wrong’. They are very comfortable encouraging community leaders and professionals to keep reaching...

  • Community Connector

    4 weeks ago

    North Shields, United Kingdom The Cedarwood Trust Full time

    **Job Advert** **Job Title**:Communities Connector **Project**:Welcome/Laskavo Prosimo **Salary**:£22,000 pro rata (16 hrs per week) Mon - Fri)) **Location**: Cedarwood Centre, North Tyneside **Contract**:12 months Fixed Term **Requirement**:Fluent in Ukrainian and English Cedarwood Trust is a Charity dedicated to improving the quality of lives for...

  • Community Connector

    2 weeks ago

    North West, United Kingdom Places for People Full time

    We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's more than just homes that make a community - it's people. That's why we build homes and manage communities where everyone can thrive.More about your roleAs a Community Connector, you will work with our customers and communities to drive social impact. You will support local...

  • Community Connector

    3 weeks ago

    North West, United Kingdom Places for People Full time

    We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's more than just homes that make a community - it's people. That's why we build homes and manage communities where everyone can thrive. **More about your role** As a Community Connector, you will work with our customers and communities to drive social impact. You will support local...

  • Community Connector-Deputy Manager

    2 weeks ago

    North East Derbyshire District, United Kingdom Derbyshire County Council Full time

    Community Connector Deputy ManagerLocation: North Derbyshire/Central Derbyshire/South Derbyshire- working from home & Hybrid WorkingFor this exciting opportunity we are looking for a Deputy Manager to join the Community Connector Team covering a section of Derbyshire.We need someone highly motivated and skilled to manage the operational part of the service....

  • Community Connector-Deputy Manager

    4 weeks ago

    North East Derbyshire District, United Kingdom Derbyshire County Council Full time

    Community Connector Deputy Manager Location : North Derbyshire/Central Derbyshire/South Derbyshire- working from home & Hybrid Working For this exciting opportunity we are seeking to recruit one Deputy manager to join the Community Connector Team covering North Derbyshire/Central Derbyshire/South Derbyshire section of the county. We are looking for a...

  • Senior Programme Officer with Vanl

    3 weeks ago

    North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom Adopt an Intern Full time

    Here, your main responsibility will involve supporting VANL’s Community Solutions programme. Community Solutions is an exciting and effective partnership programme which supports community and voluntary organisations to improve people’s wellbeing, promote equality and provide support to vulnerable people across North Lanarkshire. Some of these...

  • Key Worker

    2 weeks ago

    North West London, United Kingdom 1Accord Living Full time

    Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people? Do you have the heart and skills to support them through challenging times? If so, we want YOU to be a part of our amazing team at 1Accord Living! We pride ourselves on providing a safe and supportive environment for young people aged 16-18. Our mission is to offer tailored support...

  • Key Worker

    2 weeks ago

    North Acton, Greater London, United Kingdom 1Accord Living Full time

    Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people? Do you have the heart and skills to support them through challenging times? If so, we want YOU to be a part of our amazing team at 1Accord LivingWe pride ourselves on providing a safe and supportive environment for young people aged Our mission is to offer tailored support to help...