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Community Connections Officer - Hybrid

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 03 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog: £29,241 bob blwyddyn
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 17 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad: South Wales, CF3 0PJ
Gweithio o bell: Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos
Cwmni: Dimensions
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: D019055

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Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme in 2025 - now 7 years in a row!

Dimensions Cymru supports people with learning disabilities and autism to choose and live their best lives.

The Community Connections Officer is a creative role working with people we support and their support teams to build community and social connection and wellbeing. They will do this by brokering, signposting and creating opportunities for community participation, friendship, volunteering, vocation and wellbeing.

The successful candidate needs to live in South Wales.

Interviews will take place on the 4th August via Microsoft teams.

About the role

Your main duties will include:

- To identify and or develop a range of local volunteering, occupational and enterprise opportunities for people who have learning disabilities and/or autism

- To work with the people, we support to identify or co-produce a range of social, networking and occupational opportunities, and opportunities for informal support.

- To find and develop ways for people we support, families and colleagues to give their time to support local communities, the third sector and the environment.

- Collect evidence of social impact activities and promote the value of these to people we support, local organisations, commissioners and funders.

- Assisting with finding and securing external funding

About you

The successful applicant will have:

- Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities and Autism

- Experience of successfully developing and delivering projects.

- Knowledge of the voluntary sector and volunteering best practice

- Possess excellent planning and organisational skills

The rewards

- Up to 35 days' annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays)

- Staff discount shopping scheme 'Rewarding Dimensions'

- We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Pension scheme

- Long Service Awards

- Qualification scheme

- Employee recognition scheme 'Inspiring People'

- Discounted health and dental cover

- Life Assurance

- Bike to Work Scheme

- Season Ticket Loan

For more information visit www.dimensions-uk.org/careers

Apply now

- We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce

- As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees

- As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.

- We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.

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