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Community Development Worker

We have a rewarding opportunity for a Community Development Worker to ensure that children, young people and families can access timely Early Help support and activities to improve their wellbeing and quality of life.

If you are passionate about identifying, supporting, and developing a community offer provided by individuals, groups, organisations, services and places, then apply today!

Position: Community Development Worker (Early Help)
Location: Harborne/hybrid working (this is an outreach position and you will be expected to be based in the community especially within Edgbaston and Northfield but with some city wide work as well)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £26,430 per annum
Contract: 1 x Fixed Term until March 2026
Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, hybrid working where the role allows, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and subsidised parking.

Closing Date: 13th April 2025

Interview Date: 25th & 28th April

The Health and Wellbeing Coach will be integrated into the wider multi-disciplinary team of a PCN and Primary Care practice working alongside Social Prescribing Link Workers and practice staff.

The Role
  • Engaging statutory, community and voluntary organisations in a locality and working with all communities in the city.
  • Engaging with a broad range of health, education, early years and social care organisations.
  • Working with community providers to enable a ‘live’ understanding of community needs and resource capacity as part of a ‘gap analysis’ of the children and families offer across the locality.
  • Supporting residents to lead on community projects and the development and delivery of new groups, services, or activities to meet needs or improve services in the community.
  • Working with the Family Hub to align outcomes and workstreams with Family Hubs Outcomes.
  • Increasing children and families’ engagement with local assets by working with groups and organisations to improve accessibility, identify gaps in provision, and encourage innovation and improvement to services including local commissioning in line with identified needs.
  • Responding to targeted areas of work on a city-wide basis.
  • Alongside the Service Lead, develop and deliver communications and engagement plans.
  • Engaging with the citywide Early Help network, coordinated by BVSC, including regular attendance at meetings, as appropriate.
Required Skills/Experience

The Health and Wellbeing Coach will:

· Have experience of supporting people in a mental health setting, be this through clinical practice or support work

· Be a good listener who is able to motivate patients to change using recognised techniques

· Have the ability to manage own time and workload to provide an efficient, effective service to patients and the PCN

· Make decisions on suitability of the service for patients and flag to colleagues where a referral is inappropriate or a patient requires a higher intensity intervention or service

You may also have experience in areas such as: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Mental Health Support Worker, Support Time and Recovery Worker, Counsellor or Therapist, Health and Wellbeing Coach or similar

An interview is guaranteed to suitably qualified and experienced people with disabilities. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

To Apply

Download job description here: Early Help Community Development Worker JD

To Apply, please email your CV and a covering letter detailing why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience match the Person Specification to recruitment@gatewayfs.org