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Job Opportunity

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Holbrooks Community Care Association in Partnership with Holbrooks Community Centre is looking to employ:

1 x PART TIME PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR 28 HOURS PER WEEK 

(Hours to be worked flexibly including some evenings and weekends)

Salary range: £24,500 – £28,500 pro rata

6 months fixed term contract in the first instance

Our well established community organisation is looking for a dynamic and proactive person to coordinate and support the smooth running and delivery of Holbrooks Community Care Association (HCCA), which is the home of Holbrooks Library, and Holbrooks Community Centre. To develop funding applications to maintain the centres activities and coordinate the development and delivery of programmes, in response to the needs of local residents and for the benefit of the wider community.

This post involves working with children, vulnerable adults or is a position of trust and is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Please download the Application Form and Job Description/Person Specification below and email back to hcca@btconnect.com by 2pm on Tuesday 5th January 2020

Interviews date to be confirmed.

Project Coordinator Application FormDownload
Project Coordinator – JD & Person SpecDownload

Holbrooks Community Care Association, the Park, Holbrook Lane, Coventry, CV6 4DE

Help us raise funds to renovate the Community Centre and set up a community cafe.

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The covid – 19 pandemic and subsequent lock-down illustrated a new need within the community, the centre became proactive enabling it to meet the needs of the community. We were contacted by the local community for help and support. Relatives who did not live in the local area were worried about loved ones and would ask us to check they were ok. When contacting people, it became apparent that vulnerable people were finding it difficult to cope. Families were struggling financially and could not go shopping. Older people were shielding and unable to get to the shops to buy food, those with long term health conditions were also struggling. To help address this need the centre became a food and care package donation and collection point during the lock-down; volunteers collected and distributed items to those in need. We made food to cater for all tastes and on VE day we made a full chicken dinner with homemade scones and delivered these. We received donations of soft toy’s and crafts for children, we delivered these with the care packages. While adhering to the Government guidelines volunteers worked to make sure families, older people and those at risk received as much help and support as possible.

 Throughout the pandemic (so far) we have achieved the following:

  • Delivered 216 care packages including food, toiletries, toys and books each week.
  • Issued breakfast boxes to families entitled to free school meals throughout the summer holidays
  • Recruited 10 volunteers to deliver care packages and weekly shopping to those in need.
  • Issues 170 emergency food packages
  • Secured funding to deliver activities to young people during the summer holidays.
  • Worked with partners to offer telephone support/chat to those who were isolated.
  • Secured funding to offer subsidised cleaning and dog walking to older residents who might be struggling during this time.
  • We have developed a partnership with The Carers Trust Heart of England to deliver support sessions to young carers and their siblings.

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Help us to create 150 Hampers for Christmas

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𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝟭𝟱𝟬 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀?𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 (𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆) 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟱𝟬 (𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲) 𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱.. 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄..𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 (𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗣𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱) 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗰𝗰𝗮@𝗯𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁.𝗰𝗼𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂