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Location

Swansea | United Kingdom

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Job description

Location:     Swansea Head Office, Walter Road – Swansea

Rate of pay: £29,576 – £31,195 (pro-rata)

Other benefits:Company Pension with generous employer’s contribution

Hours per week:            22.5 hours per week (The Participation and Engagement Officer will be required to work 22.5 hours per week between Monday and Friday, but flexibility is required to work outside normal hours on occasion).

Closing Date:  4 p.m. on Monday 18th March 2024

Are you looking for a rewarding job providing services to help promote the independence of vulnerable adults within the communities of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot?

Our values are aimed at treating the people we support as individuals. If you share our values we would like you to join our team!

Community Lives Consortium intends to become a disabled person’s organisation. In doing this, the people we support will be able to become active citizens in their community as they choose.

As a result of our aim to become a disabled person’s organisation, we are looking to recruit a Participation and Engagement Officer. The Participation and Engagement Officer will work in partnership with the managers in each of the 5 Localities where we deliver our services to make sure the people we support actively involve their relatives so that they:

• can tell us what they think about our support and their lives, and to work with us to decide how we can make these things as good as possible for them. The people we support will be able to tell us what they think through easy read surveys as well as coming together in meetings.

• get regular updates about what other people have said, what we are doing together to make their lives better, and about upcoming events that they can get involved in.

• are supported to understand their rights and the opportunities for them to be active citizens in the communities around them.

• can become legal members of our company and to play a formal role in how the company is managed and governed.

For this role you will receive a salary of £29,576.32 – £31,195.17 pro rata per annum.

The successful candidate will have experience of organising Community Development activities and participative meetings, they will also have experience of working with individuals and groups at risk of social exclusion and of creating accessible reports and documents. They will be skilled in the use of online tools to support communication and in engaging people in service improvement.

As a valued member of our team you will be entitled to a range of benefits, including:

• Additional annual leave after 5 year’s service.
• Long Service Award (at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years service)
• A generous Company Sick Pay Scheme (Up to 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay
• 65p per mile allowance for any work mileage undertaken
• Career Development Opportunities
• Training programme to gain recognised Qualifications paid for by the Consortium.
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Blue Light Card Fee paid by the organisation
• Stream from your salary for early access to some of your pay (T&Cs apply)
• Access to a Savings Account with a good interest rate
• Access to Financial Coaching and Advice
• Discounts at high street shops and supermarkets
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A generous Company Pension Scheme
• Support and Wellbeing Advice Service
• Opportunities for your own personal development via Learning Loans
• Rights to Request: Time to Train and Flexible Working
• Opportunity to sell annual leave, within the provisions of the Working Time Regulations.

The Participation and Engagement Officer will be required to work 22.5 hours per week between Monday and Friday, but flexibility is required to work outside normal hours on occasion.

All offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory pre-employment health declaration, proof of right to work in the UK, full employment history and references.

Any questions?

Email our Human Resources Department: [email protected] call: 01792 646640.

How to apply:

Apply online today by clicking on the button below or if you would like to request a paper application pack please call: 01792 646640.

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Salary

£29.58k - £31.2k per annum