Community Engagement Manager, hireful

Guardian Jobs; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established independent charity seeks a passionate Community Engagement Manager to drive systemic change in prison healthcare. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to amplify family voices and enhance service delivery across London prisons. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that families are heard and supported, contributing to the development of innovative services that prioritize human dignity and relationships. If you're committed to community engagement and making a real difference, this is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive team dedicated to impactful work.

Benefits

Contributory Pension

Corporate Eye Care Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Free Advice and Counselling Service

Qualifications

• Experience in community engagement and stakeholder management.
• Strong understanding of criminal justice healthcare systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop mechanisms for family voices to influence change in prison healthcare.
• Collaborate with multi-agency colleagues to enhance service delivery.

Skills

Community Engagement

Stakeholder Management

Collaboration

Knowledge of Criminal Justice Healthcare

Public Speaking

Education

Degree in Social Work or Related Field

Job description

Community Engagement Manager

Would you like a role where you can contribute to creating systemic change in prison healthcare?

If you can work collaboratively with multi-agency colleagues across healthcare, criminal justice and community-based organisations and have the breadth of vision to identify how family voices might influence change – they want to hear from you!

This is an opportunity for you to draw on your knowledge of criminal justice healthcare and play a key role in the delivery of the first Patient and Public Voice service for the families of patients in London prisons. Your role will work across London prisons to develop the mechanisms by which family voices can create change and inform practice.

About You:

You will be confident at ‘opening doors’ and quick to form collaborative relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that all families have the opportunity to have their voice heard. This role is a great fit for someone who is energetic and committed and has a passion for working directly with local communities and supporting the delivery of effective participation. DBS check and prison vetting will be required for the successful applicant.

Organisation:

Our client is a highly respected independent charity, working across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services. They provide practical and emotional support to prisoner’s children and families, to prisoners and those who have resettled back into the community. Their work is founded on core values, the first of which is a belief in the innate dignity of every human being, and their work focusses on human relationships, family and community. They are committed to achieving high standards of quality in all that they do.

What they offer:

They offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

How to apply:

If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the 'apply now' button.

Other information:

Our client is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).

This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgments may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.

You may also have experience in the following: Family Engagement Manager, Prison Family Liaison Officer, Community and Stakeholder Engagement Lead, Public Voice Programme Manager, Community Outreach and Engagement Manager, Family Advocacy and Engagement Lead, Prison Healthcare Engagement Coordinator, Patient and Family Voice Manager, Prison and Community Engagement Lead, Stakeholder Relationship Manager, etc.

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