Introducing Community Renewal Trust

Community Renewal is a dynamic and innovative organisation at the cutting-edge of work towards ending persistent poverty in Scotland.

Community Renewal works among deprived communities to develop, deliver and share better approaches to unlocking flourishing lives and flourishing neighbourhoods. These approaches always place people and communities in the lead: listening to them, identifying their strengths, supporting them on their terms, and building their capacity to flourish.

Community Renewal alleviates poverty by engaging and forming trusting relationships with individuals, whole families and whole communities together then supporting them by combining holistic case management (e.g. around income, work, health, wellness) with community development (e.g. forming new community activities/groups). This work is about testing change which can inform policy, be scaled up or replicated to achieve a much greater impact than our direct delivery alone.

This role will support our team of community caseworkers who are based in the Bingham, Magdalene and The Hays neighbourhood of Edinburgh. The role will concentrate on supporting community engagement including working with community groups, regular door knocking using our proven approach, and supporting community events.

This role is ideal for:

• someone wanting to build experience in a professional environment,
• someone wanting to spend 6 months making direct positive impact in this community, or
• someone embarking on a new career related to community development.

It is not a formal traineeship but includes on the job learning and training in community engagement skills.

Additional Benefits include:

• 4.5% employer pension contribution
• 36 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Loyalty scheme with up to 48 additional days leave
• reduction in hours after 5 years - no reduction in pay (ask to see our Welfare Policy)
• Free Access to Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and online Health Portal

Introducing Community Renewal Trust

Community Renewal is a dynamic and innovative organisation at the cutting-edge of work towards ending persistent poverty in Scotland.

Community Renewal works among deprived communities to develop, deliver and share better approaches to unlocking flourishing lives and flourishing neighbourhoods. These approaches always place people and communities in the lead: listening to them, identifying their strengths, supporting them on their terms, and building their capacity to flourish.

Community Renewal alleviates poverty by engaging and forming trusting relationships with individuals, whole families and whole communities together then supporting them by combining holistic case management (e.g. around income, work, health, wellness) with community development (e.g. forming new community activities/groups). This work is about testing change which can inform policy, be scaled up or replicated to achieve a much greater impact than our direct delivery alone.

This role will take a community development approach to stimulating, supporting and empowering community activities around growing, food and climate action in the Bingham, Magdalene and The Hays neighbourhood of Edinburgh. This includes recruiting and supporting volunteers and building trusted relationships with community activists and wider agencies/partners. Close coordination with a wider team providing community engagement and community casework will be needed including involvement in wider community engagement activities (e.g. events and outreach).

This role is ideal for someone at any stage in their career who wants to make change happen at a local level using a community development approach towards sustainably tackling poverty and embedding climate actions within a deprived neighbourhood.

Additional Benefits include:

• 4.5% employer pension contribution
• 36 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Loyalty scheme with up to 48 additional days leave
• reduction in hours after 5 years - no reduction in pay (ask to see our Welfare Policy)
• Free Access to Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and online Health Portal

Outside the Box is looking for a Community Development Adviser to help us develop and expand our work with people and communities.

If you would like to be part of a creative and enterprising community development organisation, working across Scotland and alongside communities and people who want to make a difference, this role could be for you.

Our vision is inclusive and welcoming communities, where people’s contributions are valued, welcomed and supported. We recognise people’s experiences, the barriers and inequalities they face, and work alongside them to identify practical approaches for change that build on people’s skills.

We use a human rights-based approach in all our work to promote respect, dignity and equality. Find out more at otbds.org

Some examples of the work we are currently involved in are

• Working in Clydebank with a Syrian refugee women’s support group.

• Developing peer support for families who are experiencing social isolation or other challenges, including where a parent has mental health problems.

• Working with older people and older people’s groups exploring what equalities and rights look like in everyday lives and communities.

• Borders Buddies supports people to reconnect and return to doing things they enjoyed before but which, due to the pandemic or ill health or other factors they have stopped doing.

• In Moray we are working alongside coastal communities supporting people to get involved in community led activity around their passions and interests.

• Carrying out inclusive evaluations for projects, organisations and community groups that tell people’s stories and show the difference they make to people and communities.

• Developing and taking part in creative community engagement activities and events

Our work is not limited to these topics and all staff contribute to identifying and developing new opportunities.

This post may be covered by the Protection of Vulnerable Groups or Disclosure arrangements. All staff may be required to have PVG clearance at any time, and failure to secure clearance is grounds for dismissal.

Location

We have an office base in Kinning Park Complex in Glasgow. We offer hybrid and home working.

We want to encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds to work with us. We believe that greater diversity of experience, skills and ways of thinking will challenge our thinking and practice and broaden our collective knowledge and networks. We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates from all parts of the community, regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief or socio-economic background.

We are a Living Wage employer accredited by the Living Wage Foundation

Tamfourhill Tenants and Residents Organisation (SCIO) are a long- established local organisation who have embedded strong relationships, connections and reliability throughout the local area. The Tamfourhill Tenants and Residents Organisation is widely recognised as a provider of quality and relevant community services and activities which are focussed upon tackling poverty and isolation, building community cohesion and supporting significant community development projects like: the Roman Play Park, the Tamfourhill Food pantry, operating weekly Youth provisions, the Our Place Camelon and Tamfourhill Project and an outdoor learning and environmental project based within local woodland.

The new Safer Streets Youth Action Project is closely aligned to the local Community Safety Strategy: Camelon & Tamfourhill will be a safer, happier and more attractive place to live which was developed through the Our Place Camelon and Tamfourhill Project which is also managed by the Tamfourhill tenants and residents Organisation. (TTRO)

The TTRO now require a suitability experienced and trained Youth Outreach Worker to support the work of this new Youth Project and its development throughout Camelon and Tamfourhill. The Post is initially for 3 years and is funded through the Falkirk Community School Fund and the TTRO have also been successful in securing a further package of match funding for this period. The Youth Outreach worker will work closely with the Youth Development Worker and will be excepted to support the Twilight Sports programme which is delivered throughout Camelon and Tamfourhill on Friday nights, take part in a programme of streetwork and engagement with young people in public spaces, support the delivery of activity programmes and accredited groupwork and encourage young people to have a voice and contribute to local community development projects, including aspects of the community safety strategy and Community Climate Action Plan, and also support the weekly youth provisions that operate from the Tamfourhill Community Hub. Partnership working will be essential to this Post and the delivery of local youth work should maximise existing services, facilities and opportunities and encourage young people to make greater and a more positive use of local outdoor resources like public parks, the canal network and other open green spaces.