Connecting Communities Coordinator - Greenwich, United Kingdom - Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind

Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind

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Greenwich, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

£23,779 per year (based on a full time salary of £30,306)

30 hours per week (to potentially include some evening work)
Permanent contract
Based in Greenwich

As
Connecting Communities Coordinator, you will be providing information and guidance to clients with mental health problems, helping them to connect with services in BLG Mind and the wider Greenwich Borough.

Alongside managing a caseload, you will nurture relationships with key partners, as well as building new partnerships, which will enable the service to evolve with the need of its clients.

Liaising with the database manager, you will identify key themes about our client base, in order to identify areas for service development.

BLG Mind is committed to creating diverse and inclusive services, and an important part of your role will be to make the service more accessible, and more welcoming to underserved communities.

You will also be helping to promote signposting, information and guidance amongst the team in Greenwich.

This will involve arranging visits from local services to talk about what they offer and creating signposting leaflets for staff.

In order to help you deliver the above duties, we will support you to recruit a small team of volunteers.

You will have experience of the following to make you stand out:

Supporting people with mental health problems, disabled people, or people with health needs
Using a database and computer literacy
Liaising with health and social care professionals
A strong understanding of managing risk and/or safeguarding

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check

Closing date:
Sunday 6th August (11:59pm)

Likely interview date:
Week beginning 21st August

About BLG Mind

We are a local Mind with a diverse workforce of over 400 staff and volunteers, working to support people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich.

Read about the benefitsof working for us on our website.