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Outreach Worker vacancy

Arun & Chichester Citizens Advice are pleased to have received funding for supporting clients with advice referred by Chichester City Council.

We are now recruiting an adviser to provide a high quality, effective and efficient advice and information service to clients who require support in the Chichester City ward. The advice will be holistic and take the client all the way through the advice process, from gathering information to finding a solution.

You will be a highly motivated strong team player with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. You will have the ability to understand written and oral information of some complexity; have good numeracy skills sufficient to compile accurate financial statements and calculate benefits; and, have effective oral and written communication skills for the purposes of negotiation and reporting.

Essential:

  • Able to work unsupervised
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience in advice services and dealing with casework
  • Commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice Service and The Chichester City Council

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Outreach – Chichester City Council House

Contract type: fixed term until 31 May 2026

Salary: £23,132.20 per annum

Closing date: Monday 20th May at 9am

Interview date: TBC

For general enquiries about the role, please email jobs@arunchichestercab.org.uk or visit https://arunchichestercab.org.uk/news/paid-vacancies/ to download an application pack.

Easter drama workshop from Kitchen Sink Productions

Kitchen Sink Productions are hosting a 4 day intensive theatre workshop for students aged 12-17! Across 4 days, learn theatre making skills, performance and boost your confidence, as you work with a professional theatre company to make your own show! 

Join us at the Council House, North Street from 9:30-4 on the 2-5th April with a performance on the final day to parents and friends!

All HAF students are provided with a healthy and tasty lunch from UK Harvest.

We are offering 10 places on a first-come basis to any students on free-school meals and who qualify for the HAF West Sussex scheme!

Book your place today at:

HAF students – https://haf.bookinglab.co.uk/westsussex/37147/login (please book your child in for each day of the workshop (4 days total) separately as the system doesn’t take a block booking)

Other students – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/easter-drama-workshop-w-kitchen-sink-productions-tickets-861396138037

Poster for Easter Drama Workshop from Kitchen Sink Productions, April 2024 at the Council House, Chichester.
QR code for booking link for Kitchen Sink Productions Easter Drama Workshop at the Council House, Chichester, April 2024
QR code for making a booking for the Kitchen Sink Productions Easter Drama Workshop at the Council House, April 2024 (HAF students)

New City Council Community Grants launched

Are you a Chichester based community group?

Is your fundraising a problem?

Would a small grant help?

Chichester City Council offers a variety of grants to groups based in the city or whose work is mainly focused within the Parish of Chichester and you may be eligible if you are:

  • a not for profit making organisation
  • Chichester focused, either through geographic location or target group

Grants fall into three categories:

  • Large Grants: Up to £5,000 per year for core running costs for a maximum period of the current Council term.
  • Community Grants: Up to £3,000 for one-off projects, events or activities.
  • Free Use: Organisations can apply for free use of Council facilities.

Grant applications are considered on a rolling basis throughout the year at the quarterly Community Affairs Committee meetings.

For larger projects that are beyond the scope of Discretionary Grants, the City Council may be able to advise on alternative funding sources.

Please contact Chichester City Council for more information and an application form.

  • Chichester City Council, The Council House, North Street, Chichester. PO19 1LQ
  • Tel.: 01243 788502

Alternatively, application forms and detailed guidance are on our website:

https://chichestercity.gov.uk/services/community-grants/

Upcoming talks at Chichester Records Office

Want to know more about the Elizabethan or Victorian times in Chichester?

These upcoming talks at Chichester Records Office (located in Orchard Street) may be of interest.

The material culture of life in Elizabethan Chichester

Join us for this fascinating talk by historian and archivist Dr Caroline Adams

The talk will last up to an hour, with an opportunity to ask questions (via the chat box for our remote audience).

Venue: West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DD

Date: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Time: 7pm

Tickets: £8.00 (attending in-person, £7.00 for West Sussex Archives Society members); £5.00 (attending remotely via Zoom)

Booking: To attend in person, please ring 01243 753602 to book and pay; to attend online, please book via Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/765631342957]

Poster for Record Office event - The material culture of Elizabethan life in Chichester - 26 March 2024

What did the Victorians do for Chichester?

Visually Chichester did not alter substantially under the Victorians so its character remained – and remains to this day – essentially Georgian.

In this illustrated talk Alan Green explores the Victorian era in Chichester including the coming of the railway, new buildings and the provision of the cattle market, as well as significant happenings such as the collapse of the cathedral spire in 1861 and the sorry saga of why, despite regular cholera outbreaks, a sewerage system was not to be installed until 1892.

Along the way the movers and shakers of the day will be met.

The talk will last up to an hour, with an opportunity to ask questions (via the chat box for our remote audience).

Venue: West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DD

Date: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Time: 7pm

Tickets: £8.00 (attending in-person, £7.00 for West Sussex Archives Society members); £5.00 (attending remotely via Zoom)

Booking: To attend in person, please ring 01243 753602 to book and pay; to attend online, please book via Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/726791361527]

Poster for Record Office event - What did the Victorians do for Chichester? - 30 April 2024

Draft Chichester City Council Plan 2024-2029 published – we want to hear from you!

DEADLINE EXTENDED to 14 February 2024

The draft City Plan for 2024-2029 has now been published for public consultation and we want to hear your thoughts!

Do you live or work in the Parish of Chichester? Does the postcode where you live or work start with PO19? Do you live or work in the area marked on this map? Are you a regular visitor to Chichester?

Then we want to hear from you!

The City Plan sets out the draft aims and objectives for the City Council for the next five years and it is important that you, the residents of and visitors to the city, help us to guide these future plans so we can all work together to make Chichester a place where everyone can thrive.

For more information and to take part in the consultation, please go to: City Plan – Chichester City Council

If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of the draft City Plan 2024/2029, please contact:

  • City Plan 2024/2029 consultation, Chichester City Council, The Council House, North Street, Chichester. PO19 1LQ
  • 01243 788502
  • councilplan@chichestercity.gov.uk
Image showing the cover of the draft Chichester City Council Plan 2024/2029
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