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The Role

The Community Development Worker plays a vital role in making our community hub a vibrant, welcoming and well-used space, combining hands-on community centre service delivery with practical coordination. You’ll engage with families( and their children) and community members, support volunteers and help deliver our frontline community activities. You’ll also drive our wish to increase the range of activity provided by other organisations from our centre, support the day-to-day running of the centre and maintain strong relationships with local partners and organisations using our spaces.

What you'll do
• Helping deliver welcoming community activities and services with adults and families that respond to local needs.
• Delivering form filling / light touch advice sessions
• Developing new types of provision that you may run along side volunteers
• Getting out into the community, building relationships and encouraging more people to get involved with Manchester Settlement.
• Listening to community voices and helping local people shape what happens at the centre.
• Supporting and encouraging volunteers to contribute their skills, build confidence and get involved in delivering sessions
• Building strong relationships with partners and supporting organisations using our spaces.
• Increasing and improving partnerships with organisations that can deliver an increasing range services and activities from our community hub
• Being a welcoming presence around the centre and helping with the practicalities of day-to-day delivery.
• Keeping records of activity, participation and feedback to help demonstrate the difference our work makes.

Salary
£27960(Full time)

Hours
35 hours per week

Period of Contract
1 year fixed – with the potential for extension

Application Closing Date - Monday 2nd November

To find out more about the key responsibilities and essential requirements of the role, please read the full job description below. Find our application form at the bottom of this page.

The Role
Term time only! Same job you love. Every school holiday off.
We're a community charity with one purpose: creating stronger communities together. Our nursery is at the heart of that. As a Nursery Practitioner, you'll be a key person for a small group of children, helping them grow in confidence, curiosity and readiness for school.
What you'll do
- Plan rich indoor and outdoor experiences across the EYFS, built around each child's interests and stage of development
- Carry out observations, keep learning journeys up to date and share progress with parents and carers
- Build warm, trusting partnerships with families
- Keep children safe, following our safeguarding, health and safety procedures
- Support children's personal care, mealtimes and wellbeing
- Cover for the Room Leader when needed, which gives you valuable leadership experience

Salary
Actual Pay: £23,665 pa for the hours/ weeks below

Hours
40 Hours per week
Between hours of 7.30am-6pm
Usual shift 9.30am – 6pm Monday to Friday

Period of Contract
Permanent role
Term time only!

Application Closing Date - Monday 9th November

To find out more about the key responsibilities and essential requirements of the role, please read the full job description below. Find our application form at the bottom of this page.

We would encourage all applicants to thoroughly read the Job description and person specification before completing the application. You should use the personal statement section to fully expand upon why you meet the requirements of the job. Many parts of the form allow you to dictate your answer.

To apply for a current vacancy you must download any linked documentation (above)

Applicants will only be considered if they fully consider the requirements of the Job Description and Person Specification, and explain their suitability in depth in the application form

We do not consider speculative applications, and only accept Cv's where this is specified for a single post

Enquiries can be directed to our reception - 0161 974 1300

Recruitment will follow our safer recruitment policy which requires a DBS check and references

The new positive action legal provisions mean that it is not unlawful to recruit or promote a candidate who is of equal merit to another candidate, if the chair of the recruitment panel reasonably thinks the candidate has a protected characteristic that is underrepresented in the workforce; or that people with that characteristic suffer a disadvantage connected to that characteristic.

Manchester Settlement is currently underrepresented by staff who are:-
• Men
• Disabled
• Non White British
• LGBTQ+

Manchester Settlement operates robust safer recruitment procedures. All applicants offered positions will be subject to checks including enhanced DBS checks and reference checks