Engagement Co-ordinator
| Posting date: | 25 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £20,540.62 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2024 |
| Location: | Morecambe, North West, LA4 5PD |
| Company: | Salvation Army Housing Association (saha) |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 53101740 |
Summary
About The Role
About the Role of Engagement Co-ordinator:
A meaningful opportunity for an Engagement co-ordinator who can work closely with our own teams and the local community and voluntary sectors to develop and deliver activities to clients who are living in the service.
The Engagement Co-ordinator will work with our teams and clients to:
Deliver a weekly programme of participation activities/ session. This will include ensuring that you are also collaborating and utilising the skills of the following: -
- Colleagues
- External Agencies
- Young people
- In house with Salvation Army homes and other Foyers.
Ensure that the sessions that are delivered are educational, practical and provide the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge while the young person is on their journey at the service. This may include but is not limited to: -
- Sports/ fitness
- Cooking
- Consultation
- Arts and crafts
- Money management
- Development of independent living skills
- Practical employability sessions e.g. CV writing, interview techniques.
- External trips and events
- Job fayres
- Opportunities to engage with education.
- Guest speakers
- Activity providers
- Specialist practitioners e.g. life coach/ yoga teacher/ personal trainer
- Photography
- Filmography
- Music
- Attending Residentials away from the service
About The Candidate
About You:
You will instinctively work in a manner that aligns fully with saha’s delivery values and behaviours, demonstrating energy and passion, along with a positive, can do attitude in your daily contribution to transforming lives. You will be a confident and capable communicator, able to build trusting, professional relationships and have a high level of resilience.
You will have good knowledge or experience of working with clients who have experienced homelessness or in a similar social care setting and will need to have a good idea of the wider community and voluntary sectors. Hours of work will be within a rota system that can be flexible based on your availability, which will include some evening and weekend shifts.
Benefits of working as an Engagement Co-ordinator.
In return for helping to transform lives, we want to help you to transform your lifestyle by giving you access to some great benefits. This includes,
- 26 days paid annual leave (pro rata) rising to 31 days, plus public holidays
- A high street discount scheme (great savings both online and in-store)
- Pension with life assurance
- Health assistance programme
- Training opportunities to aide your own personal and professional development
About The Company
A registered social landlord and one of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK, Saha is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society - mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness.
Saha is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our aim is to work with individuals to build on their strengths, creating person centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery and enable positive behaviour. In order to succeed, however, we need the right people in place. Our workforce is one of our greatest assets, but only by recruiting the very best can we continue to deliver comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement. services to our residents. That’s where you come in.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Saha is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We invite and welcome applications to apply for Saha opportunities without concern of bias or discrimination.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible
About the Role of Engagement Co-ordinator:
A meaningful opportunity for an Engagement co-ordinator who can work closely with our own teams and the local community and voluntary sectors to develop and deliver activities to clients who are living in the service.
The Engagement Co-ordinator will work with our teams and clients to:
Deliver a weekly programme of participation activities/ session. This will include ensuring that you are also collaborating and utilising the skills of the following: -
- Colleagues
- External Agencies
- Young people
- In house with Salvation Army homes and other Foyers.
Ensure that the sessions that are delivered are educational, practical and provide the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge while the young person is on their journey at the service. This may include but is not limited to: -
- Sports/ fitness
- Cooking
- Consultation
- Arts and crafts
- Money management
- Development of independent living skills
- Practical employability sessions e.g. CV writing, interview techniques.
- External trips and events
- Job fayres
- Opportunities to engage with education.
- Guest speakers
- Activity providers
- Specialist practitioners e.g. life coach/ yoga teacher/ personal trainer
- Photography
- Filmography
- Music
- Attending Residentials away from the service
About The Candidate
About You:
You will instinctively work in a manner that aligns fully with saha’s delivery values and behaviours, demonstrating energy and passion, along with a positive, can do attitude in your daily contribution to transforming lives. You will be a confident and capable communicator, able to build trusting, professional relationships and have a high level of resilience.
You will have good knowledge or experience of working with clients who have experienced homelessness or in a similar social care setting and will need to have a good idea of the wider community and voluntary sectors. Hours of work will be within a rota system that can be flexible based on your availability, which will include some evening and weekend shifts.
Benefits of working as an Engagement Co-ordinator.
In return for helping to transform lives, we want to help you to transform your lifestyle by giving you access to some great benefits. This includes,
- 26 days paid annual leave (pro rata) rising to 31 days, plus public holidays
- A high street discount scheme (great savings both online and in-store)
- Pension with life assurance
- Health assistance programme
- Training opportunities to aide your own personal and professional development
About The Company
A registered social landlord and one of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK, Saha is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society - mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness.
Saha is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our aim is to work with individuals to build on their strengths, creating person centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery and enable positive behaviour. In order to succeed, however, we need the right people in place. Our workforce is one of our greatest assets, but only by recruiting the very best can we continue to deliver comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement. services to our residents. That’s where you come in.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Saha is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We invite and welcome applications to apply for Saha opportunities without concern of bias or discrimination.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible
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