Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange (Leeds GATE)
Community Development Worker Bradford
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Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange (Leeds GATE)
Leeds GATE is an established and award-winning civil society organisation with a national profile. We are here for Gypsies and Traveller across West Yorkshire; improving quality of life and addressing inequalities in homes, health, education, and employment, financial and social inclusion. We are recognised as being innovative, brave and creative. We run a number of community facing and strategic projects to achieve our aims including advocacy, community development and youth work. Those who access our services and activities are members of Leeds GATE.
Job Title
Community Development Worker
Location
Bradford
Hours
17.5 - 21 hours per week (negotiable)
Salary
SCP 7, £27,910 per annum pro rata
Contract
Initial 12 month contract with possibility to extend
Reporting To
Team Leader - Bradford
Responsible For
Running community development work Bradford
Job Purpose
Working in Bradford you will build trusted relationships with Leeds GATE members, residents and families living on Local Authority site, yards, houses and roadside. This role aims to increase our engagement and community development work across the Bradford District.
Through your relationships you will gain an understanding of people’s strengths, interests and hobbies, whilst also building up knowledge of the needs of support, barriers and issues faced by Gypsies and Travellers.
As a Community Development Worker, you will help to develop and create opportunities to engage the community, such as activities and group work, thinking how these can help people to share their ideas, develop their skills, build confidence and empower them, as well as improving health and wellbeing outcomes to enable better lives.
Duties and Responsibilities
Community Engagement
- To build up good trustworthy and long-lasting relationships with members with confidence.
- To encourage new and existing members to be involved in group work, meetings and activities with Leeds GATE making sure members are able to access all the offers available increasing the support available.
- To create group activity opportunities with members and run groups with the interest and hobbies of community members in mind.
- To deliver weekly outreach on the Mary Street and Esholt Local Authority sites as well as across the Bradford district in homes and roadside with team members to help engagement throughout the community.
- To listen to and identify members issues and concerns and be able to talk about them and support with solutions/ problem solving.
- To help community members access appropriate and relevant external support and to supporting with referrals.
- To deliver health and wellbeing messages and signpost members to beneficial services.
- To work in line with health and wellbeing awareness and messages.
- To empower community members, help them have a voice and build confidence.
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Team
You will join the Bradford team at Leeds GATE and become a key member of staff in order to ensure that community member’s needs are met.
- To communicate efficiently with your team in person, via email, phone or Teams.
- To work alongside your team and team leader to develop a work plan of delivery.
- To understand your team’s roles and the roles of other members of staff working at Leeds GATE.
- To keep in touch with Leeds GATE specialist and area teams to ensure that community members are receiving the full offer from Leeds GATE.
- To attend team meetings.
- To be available to help other members of staff that may need support some days.
Project Management
- To lead on community development work with support of team leader – planning and allocating tasks to others including participating in project planning meetings.
- To keep accurate records of sessions and to gather feedback from members.
- To work with the team leader to manage an activities budget and follow financial processes and procedures of Leeds GATE.
- To contribute to monitoring forms for the project on time and to a good standard.
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Risk Management
- Ensure good risk management within all work delivered, particular having clear and up to date risk assessments for activities making sure these are, safe and inclusive – following our processes and policies.
- To respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns in line with safeguarding procedures of the organisation.
- To follow quality assurance processes as directed by your team leader.
- To check in with your team leader when working on site, in houses or roadside when starting and finishing.
Partnerships
- To continue to build relationships with existing partners/services.
- To develop appropriate partnerships across Wakefield.
- To coordinate and deliver community group work and short interventions with partners.
- To help team leader with funding bids.
General Responsibilities
- To be able to manage your own weekly work diary efficiently with good time keeping.
- To be willing and able to travel when required.
- To attend all relevant staff team which are monthly in the Leeds office and other meetings as required and produce reports as requested.
- To prepare for and participate in regular supervision meetings.
- To act in accordance with all Leeds GATE policies, guidelines and terms of employment.
- To ensure Leeds GATE Values in all activity.
- To undertake appropriate training and personal development programmes.
- To contribute to the effective running of the organisation through supporting welcome within the office and supporting GATE events and activities as required.
- Use an Asset Based approach, working from people’s strengths.
- To challenge racism and stigma through your work.
- To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required.
This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform. The job description will be reviewed regularly and may be changed in the light of experience and in consultation with the post-holder.
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