St Oswald’s West End Centre
Job Description
Post: Community Development Worker
Hours of work: 21 hours per week
Salary: £23,023 pro rata
Holiday Entitlement: 30 days per annum plus 9 public holidays per rata.
Employer: Management Committee of St Oswald’s West End Centre
Location: The West End Centre St Oswald’s Church Christopher Street Little Horton Bradford BD5 9DH
Responsible to: Centre Manager
Responsible for: Supervision of Volunteers
Project Aim: The Project will bring people together from across Bradford to access social groups, activities and first steps learning. It will provide opportunities for people to get to know each other, make friends, develop informal support networks, and learn from each other.
The project aims to improve the quality of life of people in Little Horton and surrounding areas of Bradford by engaging them in community-based opportunities to gain skills, improve employability; and to access information enabling them to make life choices leading to better lifestyle, health and wellbeing.
Purpose of Post
Other Duties:
To work as a member of The West End Centre team participating in and contributing to the development and delivery of provision.
As a member of The West End Centre team, you are expected to:
The post holder will be expected to be proactive, be able to work effectively and efficiently as part of the team or on own as necessary. He/she will be offered regular supervision and support, a probationary review and an annual appraisal.
This is a hands-on post, and it is essential that the successful applicant can develop and deliver group provision. Work in a ICT open workshop setting and provide learners with 1 to 1 support if necessary. In house training and full induction will be provided.