Community Engagement Worker for Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Communities

About the role

Mind in Bradford are advertising for a role on behalf of our partners Staying Put, Girlington Community Centre and the African and Caribbean Achievement Project.

The Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Communities programme is a new programme led by Mind in Bradford and Staying Put which will understand and work with our diverse communities to develop culturally sensitive and appropriate mental health support. 

1. Staying Put will employ a CEW to understand and recommend the needs of people within our South Asian communities and the challenges or barriers historically or currently faced when accessing mental health services. Please note this role has now been filled.
2. Girlington Community Centre will employ a CEW to understand and recommend the needs of people within our Eastern European communities and the challenges or barriers they have historically or currently faced when accessing mental health services.
3. African Caribbean Achievement Project will employ a CEW to understand and recommend the needs of people within our Black African and Black Caribbean communities and the challenges or blocks they have historically or currently faced when accessing mental health services.

Whilst we are recruiting to engage with the South Asian, Eastern European, Black African and Black Caribbean communities, the programme is not to the exclusion of other ethnically and culturally diverse communities. 

The successful candidate will engage, support and develop the capacity of people from Black African, Black Caribbean, Eastern European and South Asian Communities in order to address issues around mental distress, isolation and promote social inclusion. This could be but is not limited to focus groups, questionnaires, appropriate use of social media, attendance at meetings or interviews.

Job details

• Post: Community Engagement Worker, Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Communities
• Location:  Mind in Bradford, African Caribbean Achievement Project (ACAP), Staying Put, Girlington Community Centre
• Hybrid working is available
• Responsible to: ACAP, Staying Put, Girlington Community Centre (depending on post applied for) with support from the Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Communities Service Manager at Mind in Bradford
• Grade/Salary: £24,702-£27,334   
• Closing date: 9 am Monday 5 August
• Interviews will take place the week commencing Monday 12 August.

Making an application  

• As part of your application please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter outlining your experience and knowledge linking this to the Job Description and Person Specification to one of the emails below:
• For the role of Community Engagement Worker for people in the Roma community please submit your application to [email protected].
• For the role of Community Engagement Worker for Black African and Black Caribbean communities please submit your application to [email protected].uk.
• Please note it is not possible for us to give feedback to non-shortlisted applicants.
• Mind in Bradford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and all successful applicants will be asked to apply (through Mind in Bradford) for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a right to work in the UK check.

Downloads

• Community Engagement Worker Recruitment Pack
• Job Description and Person Specification
• Equal Opportunity Form