How did you get into this? I started as a communications assistant with the Community Well-Being Directorate in Thurrock. I then moved into my current role when the education and children and social care directorates merged.
What are you working on at the moment? I'm developing a communications strategy and participation and engagement strategy to reach vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups. These may include disabled people, Travellers, ethnic minorities and illiterate young people.
I'm also working on a multi-agency forward plan of consultations. I'm hoping to remove unnecessary duplication of consultation and to reduce consultation overload.
What are the best and hardest things about the job? It's a very varied role and I'm doing something different every day. Sometimes it's difficult trying to get stories out of people. People don't want to boast if they've done something successfully. We have to get them to overcome their modesty so we can promote them.
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