Community Liaison Officer & Team Leader

The role of the Community Liaison Officer is vital in enabling growth and change for the communities within the Black Country. 

The Community Liaison Officer seeks to empower individuals and groups of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing people with the skills they need to affect change within their communities. 

Additionally, the Community Liaison Officer supports other services at Zebra Access to ensure all community users and professional bodies have access to all services. 

The Community Liaison Officer will also work alongside professional bodies to improve accessibility for Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing people.

We provide: - 

• Events (on-site or off-site, helping community users to set up their own event/s
• Coffee Mornings 
• Training
• Workshops / Forums
• Volunteer opportunities
• Fundraising
• Reporting Hate Crime 
• Healthy lifestyle 
• Signposting
• Networking with professional bodies
• Deliver presentations about Zebra Access

I am the Designated Safeguarding Lead for Zebra Access.  I have undertaken years of training with various organisations (NSPCC, Wolverhampton Safeguarding Board, Athena Safeguarding & more)  And I do refresher courses every 2 years. 

I also am responsible for ensuring the safeguarding policies (Children & Adults) are updated every 2 years and are checked by our local Safeguarding board & external HR before it’s signed off. 

We also have a designated Safeguarding Trustee, Louise Rhodes who have many years of experience.  

I also am a qualified Mental Health First Aider and a First Aider. 

For more information contact our Community Liaison Office and please feel free to contact me:-

Deirdre Maguire at deirdre@zebra-access.com  or Text/Facetime/WhatsApp at  07472958534