Community Connector

JOB PURPOSE The Community Connector will work directly in the Warrington Integrated Palliative Care Hub as the main contact and support for our patients and community, to build strength-based community resilience, enhance wellbeing, encourage social connection, and support independence. The role will focus on empowering people to take ownership of their community and working closely with partners to build resilience in our neighbourhood teams. The postholder will work with patients, those important to them and health, social and VCSFE partners to identify peoples needs, facilitate connections to local services, and coordinate social, health, and recreational activities. The post holder will work with local neighbourhood teams and businesses to develop community connector champions and collect voices, co-produce initiatives, and strengthen the community, avoiding dependency on the Hospice community connector role.
Over the initial 12 months, the officer will help patients and our community understanding the assets available and to support people to create a self-sustaining and vibrant community life. JOB SUMMARY To build trust with a mixed ability cohort of people. To consult and capture the voice of our community through forums and feedback mechanisms and work in collaboration with partners. To identify gaps in provision, hidden needs, and potential barriers to community engagement.
To build partnerships with external organisations to bring services and activities into community settings. To develop sustainable models of support that empower people To maintain accurate records and contribute to monitoring and evaluation processes. To contribute to organisational learning and help adapt the model and future sustainability of the hospice. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES A key part of the role will be to empower people to shape their own community.
The role will support the development of champion community connectors to further support a strength-based support for our community. These roles will be developed working closely with Warrington neighbourhood teams development and health. Social and VCSFE partners, including corporate sponsors of the hospice. This role will develop community-led forums to capture feedback, encourage participation, and promote co-production of activities and solutions.
They will lead a small group of champions, including our existing volunteers to assist with building neighbour-to-neighbour support, helping residents to maintain independence, reduce social isolation, and strengthen community ties without creating dependency on the community connector role. The community connector will map local services and support networks, working closely with health, social care, community, voluntary, and private organisations to connect people appropriately. They will coordinate a programme of health, wellbeing, and social activities by bringing external providers in, ensuring that activities are inclusive and accessible to people of all abilities and backgrounds. At every stage, this role will champion a strengths-based approach, focusing on the skills, interests, and assets of people.
Monitoring and evaluation will be a key part of the role. The community connector, working closely with the WIPCH team lead and Chief Operating Officer will record baseline information, track engagement levels, monitor the development of community initiatives, and produce quarterly reports, highlighting progress, impact, and any emerging needs. They will be expected to identify gaps in service provision and recommend improvements, contributing to organisational learning and helping St. Roccos Hospice adapt this community model and service delivery as part of the clinical transformation and future sustainability of the hospice.
The community connector will work flexibly and creatively, adapting to peoples needs and evolving community dynamics. They will uphold St. Roccos values, policies, and safeguarding standards at all times, ensuring that the work builds a vibrant, connected community that people are proud to sustain themselves. PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT To engage in regular managerial supervision with Chief Operating Officer To engage in clinical supervision and reflective practice opportunities and actively support this across the clinical workforce.
To maintain professional registration with regulatory body. To ensure that revalidation requirements are met. To abide by the Code of Conduct / Practice for registered regulatory body. Participate in training as identified in annual appraisal process.
Engage in seeking formal and informal learning opportunities throughout the year. Attend locality / network meetings in agreement with senior clinical leadership team Maintain awareness of regional and national policy relevant to area of work and underpinning approaches. Keep up to date with evidence
- based practice through literature reviews, study days and courses as relevant to identified CPD. Take part in refle