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Praxis Community Projects is an established and innovative charity working with people displaced by war, conflict, impoverishment and environmental degradation. We provide advice, guidance, training and community development activities.

Project Outreach workers

We are embarking on a new project focusing on Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge aiming to assist disadvantaged refugees and new migrants to overcome the multiple barriers they face and move into employment. Working Links (www.workinglinks.co.uk) is the prime contractor and the project will run for three years. We have developed a strategic partnership with Working Links and it is critical Praxis deliver the project successfully.

As a result we have an opening for three Project Outreach workers. In addition to the generic skills appropriate to our sensitive work with the target community, the project outreach workers are expected to demonstrate knowledge, skills and experience in the following areas of work.

• Knowledge and experience in employment promotion support work for disadvantaged groups
• Assessment and practical assistance for refugee and migrant communities including mentoring
• Outreach work and support for refugee and migrant communities
• Organising and running training workshop and group work
• Liaison and collaborative work with employment promotion agencies
• Familiarity with the target boroughs

Candidates should have relevant and demonstrable experience and a qualification in employment advice and promotion work, preferably at NVQ 3 level.

Three Project outreach workers:

Hours: 28 hours per week

Salary: NJC Scale SCP 27, £25, 302 per annum (pro rata)

Three years permanent posts, with possibility for continuation pending availability of funding.

For an application pack please e-mail to franco@praxis.org.uk write to Franco Bayahunge, Recruitment, Praxis, Pott Street, London E2 0EF or download it from Praxis web-site: http://www.praxis.org.uk/index.php?page=5_22

Closing date: Midday 8th September 2008
Interviews: 15th and 16th September 2008

Praxis Community Projects is committed to Equal Opportunities