Your Space provides counselling and workshops. We use a community development approach to engage people from the Canning Town area in the London Borough of Newham. We seek to appoint an experienced community development worker to the post of:

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Community Catalyst Coordinator

Part-time (18.75 hours per week) £27,850 pro rata

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The post involves coordinating our workshop programme and other community-building activities in the E16 area. This is an exciting time for the project. Help us to work together to build a community with stronger emotional support networks: local people, Community Catalyst volunteers, Your Space therapists and community partners.

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The successful applicant will be experienced in community development work, of managing volunteers and of working in settings of social deprivation with a cross-cultural context.

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Applications from women and Black and Minority Ethnic individuals are welcome because of under-representation within the organisation and to enable the project to respond to the needs of the local community.

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To request an information pack, please email Colin Berry, Lead Therapist on: colinberry@waitrose.com or phone 020 7474 9605

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Closing date for applications: 9th July 2010