Community Worker: Reconnecting Cumbria

2 weeks ago

Workington, United Kingdom Age UK West Cumbria Full time

**Division**

Reconnecting Cumbria

**Contract Duration**

Fixed Term until 31 March 2025

**Role**

Community Worker

**Salary**

Spine point 8 (£19,386 pro rata)

**Hours**

14- 17.5

**Holidays**

33 days pro rata

**Reporting to**

Project Manager

**Key contacts**

Age UK West Cumbria Helpline and other staff, community-based staff from local statutory and voluntary organisations, community clubs and groups, local councillors, and NHS staff and ICC leads

**Responsible for**

Identified volunteers

**Diversity**

**DBS**

This post requires clearance

**Ability to drive and access to a car**

Essential or ability to demonstrate mobility around West Cumbria and beyond

**Special requirements**

Ability to access premises at first floor level or above which have no lift or disabled access

**Main purpose of job**

To facilitate a reduction in the loneliness of older people by achieving the objectives and targets agreed with project funders

**Locations (multiple roles with occasional requirement to be mobile across all areas when required
- please indicate any preference or barriers)**

1) Maryport, Wigton, Keswick

2) Workington, Whitehaven, Cockermouth

3) Egremont, Seascale + Millom

**Role description**

Everyone needs someone to call upon once in a while, and for older people coming out of two years of isolating restrictions, it has never been more difficult to access a friendly face or a helping hand when needing it most.

Reconnecting Cumbria is a project that aims to rebuild routes towards community for older people; Creating opportunities for older people to raise their aspirations for life. Creating places and spaces where friendships develop. Creating help for people to access existing communities where lines have been broken. Creating belonging and the reassurance that they have not been forgotten and that somebody out there cares.

Age UK West Cumbria wish to appoint 3 new locality link officers covering all of Cumberland (Allerdale and Copeland) The local links officer will engage at multiple levels within communities, both being the lead in launching new events, clubs and activities, and also supporting existing groups to thrive. They will work closely with local stakeholders, including community leaders, health professionals and the clients themselves.

They will focus on building resilient options for the area, also recruiting and developing volunteers to be the day-to-day client-facing presence. They will support volunteers to develop events and social catalysts that are relevant, welcoming and sustainable for all involved. This may include lunch clubs, activity groups or healthy living initiatives, all with the aim of bringing people together.

The officer will mentor volunteers and support them with the background tasks needed within their roles, and they will oversee all elements of safeguarding and monitoring for any planned activities. They will be working with vulnerable clients often with complex needs.

Age UK West Cumbria are keen for this role to be outward facing, not only focused on delivering Age UK activities but also working to support existing community resources that benefit our older people. This may include collaborative project delivery, or simply working to increase attendance at existing groups.

Core skills/ experience
- Excellent Communicators: we need people who love meeting older people and who are adept at engaging them in a positive and restorative manner.
- Community Background: experience in working with community organisations and fostering good relationships with stakeholders such as NHS, local councils and community groups.
- Self-starter: the officer will need to initiate and develop projects on the ground with other stakeholders.
- Volunteering: experience in sourcing and developing community volunteers, and being accountable to their needs.
- Safeguarding and welfare: has an awareness of individual adult safeguarding and can ensure best practices are met when concerns and changes occur.
- Versatile: the person will need to be ready for all eventualities, and will need a degree of resilience for themselves, being able to make the most of the good times, but also able to cope with potentially difficult and affecting situations.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 20 months
Part-time hours: 14-17.5 per week

**Salary**: £11.72 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free or subsidised travel
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Egremont, Cumbria: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (preferred)

**Experience**:

- community development: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Workington

Application deadline: 24/06/2023

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