We’re looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic partnership coordinator to support the team with a number of exciting projects.
As Inverclyde’s Third Sector Interface, CVS Inverclyde offers a dynamic place to work where you can make a positive difference to the local community.
This is a great opportunity for a graduate or someone looking for an entry-level role to start their career in the Third Sector. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead on specific projects and also gain wider experience in relation to health and social care.
The purpose of the role is to provide key support to the Partnership Facilitator. One of the important responsibilities the postholder will have will be coordinating 4 of the networks hosted by CVSI. The successful candidate will help Third Sector organisations and public sector partners to explore a collaborative approach to Inverclyde’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
Eligibility Criteria:
This post is funded by Inverclyde Council’s graduate wage subsidy programme therefore applicants must meet the following criteria:
• Educated to Graduate Level
• Inverclyde resident who is unemployed/unwaged (no minimum length), or who is moving to a new employer to a job that will increase their salary and/or hours.
• Have a legal right to live and work in the UK.
Organisation profile:
CVS Inverclyde is Inverclyde’s Third Sector Interface. CVSI aims to support the third sector to deliver the best outcomes for Inverclyde by providing practical support and improving the strategic environment for the sector.
The organisation is committed to its people and is accredited with Disability Confident, Committed to Excellence, Flexible Working, Healthy Working Lives and the Living Wage.
Inverclyde Women’s Aid SCIO’s vision is of a society in which women, children and young people are full and equal participants, unconstrained by the threat of domestic abuse or other forms of abuse, violence or oppression. Inverclyde Women’s Aid is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are a Registered Charity and SCIO SC046936. All posts require Enhanced Disclosure.
We are currently recruiting for a Women’s Support Worker to provide housing & support services to Women who have been or are still experiencing Domestic Abuse. The post holder will work directly with women offering crisis intervention, information, support, and advocacy. The Women’s Worker Post is Refuge Based.
The Community Link Worker programme in Inverclyde is funded by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Community Link Workers are based within GP Practices and they work across the community, third sector and public sector to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care.
The Community Link Worker will provide a person-centred service that is responsive to the needs and interests of a GP practice population, who are often living in an area affected by socio-economic deprivation. They will support them to identify issues that affect their ability to live well. Taking a person-centred approach, the post holder will support individuals to help them identify personal outcomes and priorities that they would like to address, to overcome any barriers to addressing these and to link them to local and national support services and activities.
The Community Link Worker will support the existing GP practice team to become better equipped to match local and national support services to the needs of individuals attending for health care. They will also build relationships and processes between the GP practice and community resources, statutory organisations, other health services and voluntary organisations.
Contract is for 35 hours per week, however applications from those wishing to work a pattern of reduced hours may be considered.
Role may be suitable for a candidate seeking secondment. Please enquire for further information.
Rolling contract – end date dependent on external factors.
As this post is sickness absence cover, your employment is on a temporary basis and is currently expected to continue only until the substantive post-holder returns to work. This temporary employment is subject to termination by either party giving 4 weeks notice.