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Community Engagement and Development Lead

Nigel Wright Group
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for a month
Location

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR4 6ST, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role involves leading the development and delivery of community-based gambling support services across the North East.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 4 years of experience in promoting services, engaging with communities, and delivering training.
  • The position requires skills in stakeholder relationship management and working with vulnerable populations.
  • The salary for this role is competitive and commensurate with experience.
  • Qualified applicants should hold at least a level 4 qualification in a relevant field such as health and social care or community mental health.
The Role

On behalf of our client, we are seeking a proactive and dedicated individual to lead the development and delivery of community-based gambling support services across the North East. In this role, you will be responsible for:

  • Raise awareness of problem gambling and promote the service across the North East.
  • Build and maintain partnerships, engaging with networks, community initiatives, and key stakeholders.
  • Map community services to identify opportunities and strengthen referral pathways.
  • Organise and deliver community activities, including networking events, training sessions, and information campaigns.
  • Develop and support Community Champions to raise awareness and connect individuals to support services.
  • Provide training to help communities identify gambling harms and access treatment pathways.
  • Offer advice and interventions, including brief and extended brief interventions.
  • Ensure safeguarding compliance, following national and local policies.
  • Share insights and learning, fostering collaboration between community partners and internal teams.
  • Produce reports and project plans as required.
The PersonSkills/Attributes:
  • Promoting/marketing a service or programme and engaging specific audiences to get actively involved
  • Delivering presentations and/or facilitating training both physically and digitally
  • Working in a multi disciplinary setting / across multi-disciplinary teams
  • Providing advice, brief and extended brief interventions, responding to service user need
  • Working with vulnerable people
  • Peripatetic working in a community based setting
  • Regular monitoring, reporting and outcome measurement
  • Managing stakeholder relationships
Qualifications
  • Minimum level 4 qualification or equivalent in a relevant filed i.e. health and social care, social work, education, community, mental health, health promotion
  • Capable of independent travel across the North East region
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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.