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Social Prescriber
2 months ago
**COMMUNITY360**
JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION
**Job Title**
Engagement Officer (EO)
**Responsible to**
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
**Location**
The post holder may be required to work at any establishment at any time throughout the duration of their employment, normally within the locations of C360 or as set out under the terms of their contract.
**Accountability**
Assist the Engagement Manager/Senior Engagement Officer to be fully accountable for the performance management of contractual key performance indicators and qualitative and quantitative delivery within this portfolio.
Ensure you take ownership and accountability for the areas of responsibility within your remit as detailed in this Job Description and any appendices therein. Be aware of all programmes of work within the Thriving Communities portfolio.
Purpose of JobTo further develop the communities of Colchester, Braintree, Essex and beyond through fundraising, events, training, resource provision, partnership work, media awareness, business support and strategic level engagement. To enable groups and citizens to engage within their communities through activities and actions that develop and maintain their self esteem and skills, taking control of local community activities and facilities that actively contribute to a more cohesive voluntary and community sector.
Maintain and enhance C360’s position as a market leader in providing VCS infrastructure support services and assist to further develop the work of the organisation and its programmes of work.
**Programme Related Duties**:
- **Social Prescriber** (if applicable to your role) - connect individuals to voluntary and community services, volunteering, encouragement of self-care and resilience. For further details, see Engagement Officer Appendix 1 - Social Prescribing
- **Family Support Worker - Essex Family Support Service (EFSS) **(if applicable to your role) **- **supporting families which includes school-aged children and young people aged 8-19 years towork towards specific outcomes. For further details, see Engagement Officer Appendix 2 - EFSS
- **Walk Motivator **(if applicable to your role) **- **organising and delivering of ‘green walks’ in the borough of Colchester to improve health and wellbeing of local citizens. For further details, see Engagement Officer Appendix 3 - Walk Motivator
- **Home from Hospital Coordinator -** For further details, see Engagement Officer Appendix 4 - HfH
- **Core/infrastructure - **see below.
**All Engagement officers have the following general duties where specified**:
**Co-Operation & Representation (for all EO’s)**
- Promote co-operation, joint action, partnership working and exchange of ideas between voluntary organisations and groups and all partners/Stakeholders.
- Assist local community groups to adequately represent themselves in the partnership working process.
- Represent C360 on appropriate local and regional bodies.
- Develop close working relationships with local statutory agencies, maintaining and enhancing the conduit between both voluntary and statutory partners.
**Core/infrastructure**
- Review, prepare and write funding bids.
- Maximise opportunities for generating income from all appropriate funding bodies (where appropriate commercial sponsorship and partnership).
- Work with partners to address unmet needs, including but not limited to, establishing networks, sourcing, and adopting policies and procedures and administering funding streams on behalf of statutory partners.
- Undertake research of designated topics, i.e., funding opportunities, local policy, as required.
**Development & Reporting (for all EO’s)**
- Prepare, write, and present monitoring and evaluation reports and case studies for appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
- Keep abreast of current social, economic, political, environmental, legal, and other trends and developments which are likely to influence the work of the Community Development Project and provide information on these.
- Identify opportunities for new developments, projects, and initiatives to meet the changing needs of the local community, within the aims, objectives and priorities of Community360 and, where appropriate, to act on these opportunities.
- Organise and contribute to the organisation of meetings, room bookings, ensuring that appropriate paperwork is completed, and statistics recorded.
- Facilitate, organise, and contribute to the development of appropriate training courses for the benefit of the local community.
- Ensure that all information and databases are kept up to date.
- Respond to enquiries from organisations and/or members of the public with regard to activities in the local third sector, i.e. perform database searches and source information as appropriate.
- Organise, contribute to and, when delegated by the SEO, oversee exhibitions, displays and assist with press coverage and media.
**Overall (for all EO’s)**
- Ensure that C360’s po
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