NEW JOB: Community Connector, Ruils - apply by 7 March

Location

Richmond, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

Salary: £22,500 – £24,500 per annum pro-rata / 28 hours per week.

A great opportunity to create connections for disabled adults.

Ruils is a user-led charity based in Richmond borough that supports disabled children and adults and the elderly to live independently, be part of their community and to live life to the full. They provide information, advice, advocacy, befriending and activities to our clients and their families.

As part of this mission, they deliver accessible and inclusive community group activities and volunteer-based services for disabled residents. Their ambition is to enrich people’s lives, help with their mental health challenges and reduce their isolation and loneliness.

They have broadened their community remit to also identify, advise and support residents living with health inequalities in the Borough of Richmond as an NHS South West London Integrated Care Board Core20Plus5 Partner.

The localities of focus are Whitton/Heathfield, Hampton North, Barnes North, Mortlake and Ham & Petersham. These localities are also where Ruils has lower levels of volunteer engagement and consequently community service provision.

The key purposes of this post are to:

• to work with the Community and Volunteer Manager to deliver the Community Independent Living Services (CILS). The role entails supporting Ruils’ Group Activities, Befriending, Active from Home Walks, as well as the recruitment and management of Ruils Volunteers.

• work with the Community and Volunteer Manager to manage the Core20Plus5 initiative to target resident engagement with community organisations in areas where this is identified as being low. You’ll establish the reasons for this and draw up a plan for improved local engagement by driving volunteer recruitment and delivering increased befriending and Active from Home client matches, new group activities, and establishing a trusted reach-out path for the currently dis-engaged residents at Health and Wellbeing events.

• provide input to Health and Wellbeing events organised by the Health in your Hands team in areas of focus.

Ruils actively encourages applications from disabled people and people with long term health and mental conditions. They operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

The closing date for applications is 7 March 2024.

Interviews will be held week commencing 11 March 2024.

For full details and to apply, visit the Ruils Work With Us webpage.

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Salary

£22.5k - £24.5k per annum