Community Development Worker – Newham Asian Women’s Project – 30th November 2010
* Hours: Full Time
* Salary: S01 SCP 29 £25,440 (inclusive) (35 Hours)
Do you want to work in a dynamic women’s organisation?
Are you a highly motivated individual who likes a challenge?
Do you want the opportunity to work on a unique project with national significance?
Then read on…
Newham Asian Women’s Project (NAWP) is a leading women’s organisation in East London. Set up in 1986 to provide specialist support services to Asian women and their children experiencing domestic violence. The project has since developed a range of other services to support Asian women and girls including four refuges, a resource centre, a counselling service, a youth project, a legal advice service, a training department and a mental health project called Zindaagi (meaning ‘Life’).
The project has recently secured a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Trust and the Mental Health Foundation called Right Here to develop a mental health and wellbeing project focusing on the 16 to 25 age group.
We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic woman who has the drive to take this project forward and who has the following skills:
* Experience of working with vulnerable young people and an awareness and understanding of the issues impacting on them
* Knowledge and experience of working with young people who maybe vulnerable to and/or experiencing mental health difficulties
* Experience of monitoring and evaluation
* Experience of delivering support and training to young people
* The ability to actively involve young people in service development and delivery in a creative and empowering way
* The ability to speak fluently in one of the main South Asian languages
For further information about the post please contact: Baljit Banga on 0208 536 1397 or bbanga@nawp.org.
For an Application Pack please contact: Shahina Begum on 0208 472 0528 or sbegum@nawp.org.
Closing date for applications: 5pm on Tuesday 30 November 2010
This post is open to South Asian women only and is exempt under the Sex Discrimination Act 7(2)(d) and (e) and the Race Relations Act 5(2)(d) 1976
Charity Registration No: 1001834
