Senior Community Connector

4 weeks ago


Morpeth, United Kingdom Hft Full time

**Location**: Northumberland
**Discipline**: Care and Support
**Job type**: Permanent
**Salary**: £25,418 per year
**Job ref**: 006642
**Published**: 11 days ago
**Expiry date**: 30 Jun 2023 23:59

Care to join us?

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Team. A full UK drivers licence is essential for this role.

**About the role**

You will provide opportunities for people with learning disabilities and/or autism with mild, moderate and more complex needs to access community led support during the day as an alternative to their standard attendance at a day service using your commissioned hours.

The Senior Community Connector will source activities that are specific to the people we support's needs, interests and aspirations.

We are committed to supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism to extend their social networks, improve overall health and well-being and reduce loneliness and isolation through increased social connection. We support development of meaningful friendships and relationships, help build confidence and self-esteem, increase independence levels and enable value in the local community. You will offer an exciting programme of face to face social activities every 6-8 weeks based on peoples interests and wishes.

It will involve existing people from Hft's Ironbridge service initially with the aim of attracting external people outside of the organisation to the service in the future.

**What's in it for you?**

There are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We'll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way.

As a 'Gold' standard Investors in People accredited employer, we are committed to supporting colleague wellbeing as a priority. Within this, all Hft employees get access to the LifeWorks - the world's biggest 24/7 colleague counselling and support service. It is completely free for all colleagues to use in complete confidence, whenever and however they want to access it.

**We offer**
- 25 days annual leave (plus 8 days statutory Bank holidays)
- 20% bank holidays allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day
- Apprenticeships - Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care with a Top 100 apprenticeship employer (ranked 11th in 2020)
- Access to award-winning training and development
- Annual staff award scheme
- A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
- Free DBS Check

Find your place with us and change lives.

Job Description and Person Specification

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE

We ask all our teams to take advantage of the Covid-19 vaccination, which is offered to frontline support workers as a priority group. We strongly encourage all colleagues to remain fully vaccinated as part of our wider infection control procedures.

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