Project Worker (Community Engagement)
Job Description
Job title: Project Worker (Community Engagement)
Company: Pobl Group
Job description: “Life is for living, let’s start, live and age well in a healthy, safe and prosperous environment.” This is our shared vision with Carmarthenshire Council for our preventative hubs. If you would like the opportunity to join our shared vision and make a positive difference to the people we support, then please read on…
Who are Pobl Group?
Pobl Group are a proud employer of over 2,300 colleagues providing diverse services and making a difference in communities throughout Wales. Pobl is more than just a Housing Association, it’s a multi-faceted business whose range of provision varies from care and support to individuals, through to commercial development activities. We are the largest support provider in Wales and our awesome teams share a passion for becoming the very best at what they do and love their jobs.
What is great about the role?
You will play a key part in delivery of the preventative hubs in Llanelli, Amman and Gwendreath, these hubs provide preventative and solution-based community support to support customers to improve and/ or maintain their health, well-being and independence through social integration and strong community relationships.
As part of the lead team, you will deliver the single point of contact from which customers can access information, opportunities, and support is visible, accessible and available.
You will work closely with your team and partner organisations to deliver this service. You will, receive referrals, provide information, have wellbeing conversations with customers, deliver community engagement campaigns and develop community support networks.
What skills and experience do you need?
We are looking for someone that is able to build great rapport and has experience of working with vulnerable people or in community development.
You will have the ability to plan, deliver, review and monitor a holistic package of support and have the ability to assess the needs of our customers and assess risk and propose risk management strategies.
For this role you will need to have a high standard of IT literacy and be keen to engage in further learning to continuously grow.
It is essential for the successful candidate to have access to a car, have a full drivers licence, and be happy to transport customers in their car.
Our values are positive, connected and considerate. At Pobl, you will share these values and be motivated to work in an environment that is driven by them.
Pobl Benefits
- 37hrs, Full-Time, Permanent
- The exact salary for this role is £26,106
- Hours are predominately worked Monday to Friday days, but we will require you to take part in a rota as a team to cover the hubs with at least one weekday evening and weekends
- 26 days holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- Sick Pay
- Enhanced DBS which we will pay for
- Mileage is paid at 45p per mile
- Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral)
- Time for Talking – a free counselling service
- Health Cash Plan
- Savings Scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eyecare plan
- Give as You Earn charity donation scheme
- Training and progression opportunities – including NVQ
FREDIE
At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.
If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact or 0300 373 5262
What do you need to do now?
If you have the skills and experience required to be our next difference maker, please apply now. We will just require an up-to-date CV along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you. We are interviewing quickly so please don’t delay in applying.
Further information can also be found on the Job Description.
Advertised: 25 Jan 2024 GMT Standard Time
Applications close: 08 Feb 2024 GMT Standard Time
Expected salary: £26106 per year
Location: Carmarthenshire
