Community Outreach Lead

Engagement & Volunteer Team

Recruiting Organisation: Carers Support West Sussex

Working hours: 37 hours per week (30hrs for right candidate)
Salary: £29,578 FTE
Contract: Fixed Term Contract 24 months
Location: Crawley – Home Based

Carers Support West Sussex provides services for and with unpaid carers who look after a relative or friend who could not manage without their support. Teams provide tailored information, advice and support to help improve carers’ resilience and ensure they are supported to maintain their caring roles.

They are currently offering an exciting new role to reach out and connect with organisations across West Sussex to work collaboratively to reduce barriers that some carers from diverse backgrounds and underserved communities may face in accessing support.

You will have experience of working with diverse communities and knowledge of the challenges facing carers from diverse and undeserved communities, with the ability to identify and address their individual and collective needs.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills, able to advocate for people, communicate clearly and with cultural sensitivity to a diverse audience of service users.

Your role will involve increasing a sense of connection to Carers Support among carers from diverse backgrounds and underserved communities through the development of volunteering and carer champion opportunities.

This is a 2-year fixed term contract within the Engagement and Volunteering Team. You will be predominantly working from home and will be readily able to travel across the county of West Sussex for meetings and engagement events.

Job Description & Person Specification: Community Outreach Lead

Apply via website here: Individual job – Carers Support

Closing Date: CLOSED

Interview date: CLOSED

(They reserve the right to close the advert early should they find a suitable candidate so encourage you to not wait for the closing date if you wish to apply).