Community Support Coordinator Chichester
Job description
Salary: £28,371 to £31,099 per annum
Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, FTC until 31st March 2024,
Location: Chichester
Interview Date: 6th April 2023
This is a varied role which includes working directly with resettled individuals and families from Ukriane, and working with partners, volunteers and communities to help integrate these families.
Your work will and the organisation of social events for refugees, campaigns and communications. Your work will focus on the identification of local resources that gives refugees the best chance to assimilate into society.
You will spend time in the community finding opportunities to rehouse Ukrainian Families, provide them with language, employment and social links, so they can seek independence and control of their choices in the UK. This is finding communities, companies, locations and opportunities; and recording and publicising them.
You will bring skills and knowledge of refugee resettlement in UK, working in and with communities, partners and volunteers, and you will understand the barriers to integration. You will travel across the county, working flexibly to meet refugee family needs.
Experience and Skills
Key Skills:
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to facilitate and implement support plans for refugees with partners and volunteers.
- Able to build credible working relationships with partners and volunteers and to ensure high levels of commitment though well executed incentivisation.
- Ability to apply sensitive interpersonal skills with refugee families and to effectively communicate and provide support on managing daily life.
- Ability to organise / prioritise work, coordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way to meet agreed deadlines and essential activities, that enhance a refugee’s integration and independence.
- Able to
Qualifications and/or experience:
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent qualification or extensive experience in refugee resettlement and migration.
- Experience in coordinating and working with partners, communities and volunteers in the resettlement context or similar field.
- Experience in events planning and management ( e.g. to enhance social connections, practice language, participation in community, includes running forums).
- Detailed knowledge of refugees and migration, communities, minority groups, partners and stakeholders to be responsive to safeguarding and wellbeing issues including addressing racism, domestic abuse, antisocial behaviour and child/sexual/workplace exploitation.
- Knowledge of refugees and migration, communities, minority groups, partners and stakeholders, and safeguarding and wellbeing issues including racism, domestic abuse and sexual/child/workplace exploitation.
Rewards and Benefits
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave + bank holidays.
- A generous pension scheme.
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring.
- A strong supportive management team.
- A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers with the opportunity to save over £1,000 (Including: Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and many more).
- Free access to employee assistance programmes.
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
- Car benefit scheme.
- A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.
Further Information
The reference number for this role is CPP00709.
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Peter Dommett at [email protected] For issues or queries regarding your application please contact [email protected].
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This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.
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Job Reference: CPP00709
