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Community Support worker
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what are the duties of a community support worker?
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Sorry, but there's no single answer to your question.
Let's try an analogy. I'm currently job-hunting and I see loads of jobs advertised for an 'administrator'. When I look at the details one company will want an 'administrator' to do mainly typing. Another will want an 'administrator' to do general office duties. A third organisation will seek an 'administrator' to take a senior role in running a major international company. Yet another 'administrator' job will turn out to be nothing more than selling double-glazing over the phone. i.e, there's no single definition of what an 'administrator' is. Similarly, there's no single definition of what a 'community support worker' does. Different organisations will use the job title to mean different things.
If the job is advertised by a mental health charity, the role might be similar to that described here:
http://www.together-uk.org/index.asp?id=141
This job description also requires the worker to undertake 'sleeping duties':
http://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/job/212258-permane nt-lancashire-community-support-worker.aspx
Elsewhere it could mean developing local self-help projects overseas:
http://www.charityjob.co.uk/Jobs/135632/Teams- Coordinator-and-Community-Support-Worker
. . or working in the field of domestic violence:
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=121
. . . or supporting the integration of deaf people into their local communities:
Let's try an analogy. I'm currently job-hunting and I see loads of jobs advertised for an 'administrator'. When I look at the details one company will want an 'administrator' to do mainly typing. Another will want an 'administrator' to do general office duties. A third organisation will seek an 'administrator' to take a senior role in running a major international company. Yet another 'administrator' job will turn out to be nothing more than selling double-glazing over the phone. i.e, there's no single definition of what an 'administrator' is. Similarly, there's no single definition of what a 'community support worker' does. Different organisations will use the job title to mean different things.
If the job is advertised by a mental health charity, the role might be similar to that described here:
http://www.together-uk.org/index.asp?id=141
This job description also requires the worker to undertake 'sleeping duties':
http://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/job/212258-permane nt-lancashire-community-support-worker.aspx
Elsewhere it could mean developing local self-help projects overseas:
http://www.charityjob.co.uk/Jobs/135632/Teams- Coordinator-and-Community-Support-Worker
. . or working in the field of domestic violence:
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=121
. . . or supporting the integration of deaf people into their local communities:
http://bda.org.uk/Deaf_Community_Support_Worke r-i-191.html
Those are just a few examples of what the job title might encompass. There will be thousands more.
Chris
Those are just a few examples of what the job title might encompass. There will be thousands more.
Chris
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