Here are the details of the job (quoted as opposed to linked to the source, as it will disappear once the vacancy is closed):
You will be based in Skipton but your work will cover the whole of North Yorkshire. Your work will focus on the needs of children and young people of minority ethnic heritage, ensuring they can access and benefit from services. Working closely with partner agencies and communities you will help to develop a range of positive activities for young people.
You will provide information, advice and guidance to members of Minority Ethnic communities and promote and develop the existing networks that support these groups and individuals.
An important part of your work will be to work with schools, supporting their role in building community cohesion.
You will identify isolated BME groups and ensure they are made aware of existing support networks.
You will have experience of living and/or working within a multi-cultural community and have excellent communication and presentational skills. Access to a car is essential.
And from the job description:
JOB PURPOSE
1)Support the North Yorkshire County Council in developing and promoting Community Cohesion.
2)To promote the well-being of black and minority ethnic children, young people and their families.
Work with communities to ensure they both inform and benefit from educational and training provision.
Support the development and delivery of celebration of culture events
Support the development of Prevent (Prevention of Violent Extremism) in schools and other settings
Develop formal and informal networks that promote social capital.
Work with a wide range of agencies and partnerships that support community capacity building and cohesion.
Support the development of transition programmes for BME children.
Develop formal and informal networks that promote social capital.
Work with a wide range of agencies and partnerships that support community capacity building and cohesion.
Support the development of the Corporate Equal Opportunities and Social Inclusion Strategies and Action Plans.
Respond to reports of racist incidents.
Work with the Governors’ Support Service to recruit BME to Governing Bodies.
Work with schools to promote a better and wider understanding of BME needs and issues.
Provide Information, advice and guidance to adult members of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities.
Provide performance data against a range of indicators.
Be involved in presentations and consultations with user groups and with a wide range of agencies and voluntary sector organizations.
Attend and liaise with regional groups.
Can you imagine an equivalent job being advertised for someone to help indigenous British people? If it is racist for organisations to cater for whites only, and help whites only, then why is it not illegal when organisations etc are set up purely to help immigrants?
This is just one example of where your council tax goes if you live in North Yorkshire.
