RIG Arts Job Opportunity:
Job Title: Creativity in Mind + | Additional Support Worker
Hours/Week: 2hrs – one session/week + 20hr non contact time
Location: RIG Arts Office, Unit 7, 11 Clarence Street, Greenock, PA15 1LP
Hourly Rate: £15/ hr
Project Dates: From February 2025 (24 weeks of workshops)
Responsible to: Karen Orr, CEO
Post Advertised: 20th January 2025
Closing Date: 10th February 2025
Shortlist Notified: 12th February 2025
Interviews: 13th-16th February 2025
In post: w/c 17th February 2025
Overview:
RIG Arts are hiring a part time Additional Support Worker for our Creativity in Mind Plus project funded by CVS Inverclyde’s Inverclyde Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, which aims to provide arts driven mental health support for adults in Inverclyde. Regular weekly sessions in a non-clinical environment are designed to harness the benefits of culture, creativity, and community to enhance wellbeing and support recovery. The project will support symptom management, while building coping strategies and self esteem.
Inverclyde Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund will specifically support the expansion of the project to address a need identified through previous delivery: providing targeted mental health support for adults with disabilities and long term conditions.
The Support Worker will work with RIG Arts’ Creativity in Mind Artist Tutors and Project Manager to gain an understanding of the company ethos and project ambitions.
RIG Arts are seeking someone who will make the role their own, develop new and innovative ways to engage participants and represent their voices. The position will involve hands-on support for participants throughout the workshop, as well as potentially helping support participants with symptom management, socialisation and expression.
The project will run from February 2024 to January 2025 and will run one day a week for 2 hours. The delivery day and time is to be determined as a team.
Responsibilities:
- Empowering participants and communities by creating a safe space for a diverse range of voices to be heard and valued
- Maintaining open communication with participants and partners to ensure the project remains responsive and reactive.
- Assisting workshop lead tutors in delivery high quality arts / creative support to all participants
- Building community capacity by identifying lead volunteers, facilitating peer support and actioning gaps in engagement
- Collaborating with RIG Artists to develop and implement plans based upon participant consultation/engagement.
- Working with our Comms Marketer on harnessing social media to encourage engagement: creating project specific copy for all platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and RIG Arts’ website and newsletter.
- Working alongside the Project Manager in monitoring and evaluating delivery of the project against project KPIs
Requirements:
The role is a studio based position for 2 hrs per week, with an additional 20 hrs paid non contact time for research/planning/liaising with carers. Employees will be hired as Freelance staff, freelance staff will be responsible for their own tax and national insurance. The contract type can be discussed at the interview stage and is flexible for the right candidate.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload, multi-task, work to agreed deadlines
- A valid PVG or enhanced disclosure for working with vulnerable adults is mandatory (RIG Arts can organise a PVG for the chosen candidate)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the proven ability to build good working relationships within the office and with participants
- A willingness to work collaboratively with a small and dedicated team
- Experience in or eagerness to learn a range of artistic practices
- Enthusiasm to make the role their own, take initiative, and set ambitious goals.
- Experience or strong interest in arts driven community engagement and the third sector
Application Process:
Please submit a CV and an expression of interest (EOI) detailing why you are interested in this post and what you can offer to the role to Beth Duffy at info@rigarts.org. Please clearly mark your name & post in the subject heading and save all files with your name and post.
The EOI can be submitted via video or audio recording, or written word. Please keep written expressions to no more than approximately 500 words and audio or video recordings to no more than approximately 4 minutes.
After submitting your EOI, we will acknowledge receipt and inform you on the 12th February 2025 whether you have been shortlisted for interview. We will arrange a suitable interview date for that week, and we will send over the interview questions in advance.
The successful applicant will be notified by the end of day 16th February 2025, to be in post the following week. We appreciate this is a short turnaround so we can be flexible on the physical start date, and the necessary support will be provided to ensure the successful candidate is fully prepared for the post.
If you have any questions about the role or application process, need clarification on any point or need this information provided in a different format, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re keen to promote an accessible, equitable and respectful working culture for all.
Contact: info@rigarts.org
Phone: 01475 910 337
Website: www.rigarts.org
Instagram: @rigartsgreenock
Twitter: @rigartsgreenock
Facebook: @rigartsinverclyde
Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Freelance
Contract length: 24 weeks
Pay: £15.00 per hour
Expected hours: 2 per week + 20 hrs non contact time
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Friendly and flexible working practices for parents and carers
- Company events
- Free parking
Work Location: In person
Vacancies at RIG Arts Ltd.
Thank you for visiting the vacancies page of RIG Arts Ltd., a dynamic UK-based arts organisation deeply rooted in our local community. We appreciate your interest and are excited to share potential opportunities for you to become a part of our creative journey.
We have no vacancies right now but regularly have positions for up-coming creative projects & artists residencies.
We are always looking for creative talent and welcome CV’s from both experienced candidates and those recently graduated looking to work in community arts. Please forward your information to info@rigarts.org
