Community Engagement Worker (South & Central Scotland)

Royal Air Force (RAF); England; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is seeking a Community Engagement Worker for South & Central Scotland. This full-time position focuses on reducing social isolation among veterans while offering support to the RAF Family. You will work both remotely and face-to-face, helping individuals cope with complex welfare needs and connecting them to enriching opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a social welfare role supporting individuals.
• Strong people skills and understanding of Armed Forces community issues.
• Encouraged background in social prescribing or veteran support.

Responsibilities

• Raise awareness of the Fund's welfare offer among social agencies.
• Work with isolated individuals to provide enriching opportunities.
• Develop action plans and coordinate support for clients.

Skills

Relationship-building

Empathy

Social welfare support

Job description

Community Engagement Worker (South & Central Scotland)

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Community Based/Home Working South & Central Scotland

Permanent, Full Time

Circa £30,000 plus competitive benefits

Do you want to make a difference?

The RAF Benevolent Fund is the leading welfare charity for the RAF. Every year we make a real difference to over 40,000 people who benefit from our services. Working at the Fund is more than sitting at your desk ad in this role you will have the opportunity to be part of our RAF Family. Alongside helping our beneficiaries, we also get to hang out with Spitfires and Typhoons, take part in a Dambusters bike ride, attend events like Royal Ascot, the Chelsea Flower Show, and the Bomber Command Memorial Service. Every day you will make a difference and play your part in changing the lives of others and helping people in the RAF Family get through the toughest of times.

It doesnt matter how long someone served or when. If they were part of the RAF, they and their family are part of our RAF Family. We will always be here to support them when they need it most.

Join the RAF Family and play your part in making a difference.

Do you want to play a part in what we do?

People are at the heart of what we do. Together we:

Help reduce social isolation and loneliness among veterans.

We support ill or injured men and women to have a safe place to call home, a home that meets their specific needs.

We fund youth services on stations to provide clubs and activities for the children of serving personnel who move every few years.

We provide grants to help with the cost of living. But this is just a few of the ways we help.

We are seeking an individual to raise awareness of the Funds welfare offer amongst social welfare agencies across South and Central Scotland but also, crucially, to help address the issue of social isolation and feelings of loneliness experienced by some members of the RAF Family.

The post holder will be working with socially isolated individuals to identify meaningfully enriching opportunities to reduce feelings of loneliness, some of whom may have complex and challenging welfare needs, to develop actions plans and coordinate support to overcome any barriers preventing successful connection into these enriching opportunities, assisting them by identifying appropriate support from within the RAF Benevolent Fund and the wider statutory and military charity sector.

The successful candidate will have experience of working in a social welfare role supporting individuals, have strong people and relationship-building skills, as well as empathy with or understanding of the issues affecting the Armed Forces community. Individuals with a social prescribing or working aged veteran support background are encouraged to apply.

This is a community-based position working from home but covering South and Central Scotland, delivering both remote and face to face support. The candidate must have their own vehicle to use to travel around these regions. Occasional travel to Edinburgh and London will be required. The successful candidate for this role will need to be Enhanced DBS checked and prove they have the right to work in the UK.

To apply, please click on this link an dsend your CV, together with a cover letter detailing why you believe you are suitable for this role, providing examples of how you meet the job profile when you apply through our recruitment portal.

A copy of the Funds Candidate Privacy Notice can be found on our website. As an equal opportunities employer, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. The Fund takes safeguarding seriously, and appropriate background checks will be completed. You can find out more about our commitment to safeguarding on our website . This role requires an Enhanced DBS check. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Fund.

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is a Registered Charity (No. 1081009).

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Our vision is that everyone in our RAF Family veterans, serving personnel and their families gets support in their hour of need.

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