Learning and Engagement Coordinator

at  Adullam Homes Housing Association Limited

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a Learning and Engagement Co-ordinator with:

• Experience of providing group and one to one learning and intervention sessions
• An awareness of issues relating to vulnerable individuals and those that have faced multiple disadvantages.
• Skills in recognising learning opportunities.
• Experience of working within safeguarding policies and procedures and of identifying, monitoring, and reporting safeguarding concerns.
• A flexible, resilient, thoughtful, therapeutic approach to working with people.
• Some practical skills, such as Art, Baking, Creative Writing or IT would be an advantage, to support service users in our most popular activities.
• An ability to demonstrate our values and behaviours and work within our Christian ethos.
• The ability to mentor groups of students (desirable).
• The ability to produce reports on Co-Production for our Senior Leadership Team. (desirable)
• Experience in running large scale events. (desirable)

Although lived experience is not essential, it is welcomed as part of our workforce. Adullam understands that lived experienced means people have valuable, direct knowledge of how it feels to be in receipt of support services, and what needs to change for the better.

ABOUT US

• Adullam Homes Housing Association Ltd is a Community Benefit Society, an Association created to support vulnerable individuals and households.
• Adullam provides quality accommodation and support as an organisation motivated and informed by our Christian ethos.
• We provide quality housing, deliver tailored support plans, training, education, and employment opportunities to help people achieve stable lives and realise their full potential.
  We are passionate about actively encouraging applicants from all cultures, backgrounds, and identities. We are committed to treating our teams fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability, or any other protected characteristic and this starts with our recruitment process.
  Adullam Homes Housing Association Ltd. is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults accessing our services. We expect all staff, volunteers, and workers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to Enhanced with Barred List Adult Only DBS check, scrutiny of employment history and robust references checks.
  Adullam Homes Housing Association was created in 1972 to support vulnerable individuals and households. From the simple beginning of a single property in Birmingham, Adullam has expanded into new geographical locations and developed new services.
  Over the years it has introduced and run innovative projects to offer tenants, residents and service users opportunities for housing, support, education and training.
  Email: Recruitment@adullam.org.u

• The main purpose of this role is to find opportunities to engage our residents. Co-production is at the heart of what we do, and the Learning and Engagement Co-ordinator plays a large role in supporting this to happen across Bury Bridges.
• You will provide interventions for our hardest to reach residents and play a large role in promoting “Enjoyment and Achievement”.
• Experience in mentoring groups of people would be beneficial as the Learning and Engagement Co-ordinator supervises groups of students, who help to promote “Enjoyment and Achievement”
• The role works on a rota to contribute to the staffing of a 24-hours-a-day service.
• The role is full time of 37.5 hours per week. The shift pattern is 7.5 hours a day between the hours of 8am and 8.30pm weekdays, with an occasional weekend shift (currently one every 3 weeks) to deliver activities and some elements of the service outside of “normal working hours”.
• You will be expected to work within the organisation’s charitable aims and objectives and contribute to the maintenance and development of the Association’s values, culture, and ethos.