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Carpentry Trainer/Assessor

This role is key to empowering people to turn their own lives around. You will support trainees to progress through a pathway of learning that develops their independent living and employability prospects. You will use a creative and adaptable approach to delivering carpentry training, that re-engages trainees who have been out of education for long periods of time or are just being introduced to learning in the UK.

This role will include the planning, delivery and assessment of carpentry courses, designed to offer life-changing training opportunities across every aspect of Handcrafted’s work. These will include:
• Skills for Education, Training and Personal Development (up to Level 2) with National Open College Network (NOCN)
• Woodwise Certification with Didac

Hours: 15 - 37.5 hours per week (flexible and part-time working patterns available)
Location: Unit 21, Skillion Business Centre, DH7 8HG with some travel to other hubs across the North East
Salary: £29,200 - £34,300 pro rata depending on experience

Application Closing Date: 17:00 on Friday 19th September 2025. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis as applications are received, until the w/c 22nd September.

Download the full Recruitment Pack here to find more information and you can submit an application here. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further then please contact: recruitment@handcrafted.org.uk

Durham Workshop Supervisor

You will be responsible for supervising our carpentry workshop as a creative space at the heart of our community hub – to provide marginalised people with the chance to make something that they can be proud of. You will have creativity and an adaptable approach to training and engaging people to build their self confidence and meaningful use of time.

In our workshops we are sharing a rich mixture of skills for life, employment and working together as a team. You will support our trainees in practical ways and build relationships with them within our woodwork training. You will be working with a range of people who have all been on individual journeys often marked with uncertainty and difficulty. This means establishing a personal connection will be an essential foundation to overcoming the many and various barriers they face.

And you will be part of our hub team, working together to provide holistic support, housing, training and social enterprise opportunities.

Hours: 15 - 37.5 hours per week (flexible and part-time working patterns available)
Location: Unit 21, Skillion Business Centre, Durham DH7 8HG
Salary: £29,200 pro rata

Application Closing Date: 17:00 on Friday 19th September 2025. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis as applications are received, until the w/c 22nd September.

Download the full Recruitment Pack here to find more information and you can submit an application here. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further then please contact: recruitment@handcrafted.org.uk

Property Maintenance Officer

We need a new Property Maintenance Officer who will be vital in our mission to provide secure, dignified housing to care experienced young people. In this role, you will be at the forefront of ensuring the physical and emotional well-being of our residents by maintaining and enhancing our supported housing properties. You will uphold standards and create environments that foster a sense of home and belonging.

This means hands-on involvement in property renovations, inspections, repairs, and upgrades. We are looking for someone who will immerse themself in the practical aspects of property management, with project management and practical skills. We want you to drive a commitment to excellence for people who have been written off but should be treated well.

Hours: 15 - 37.5 hours per week (flexible and part-time working patterns available)
Location: Various across the North East
Salary: £29,200 - £34,300 pro rata depending on experience

Application Closing Date: 17:00 on Friday 19th September 2025. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis as applications are received, until the w/c 22nd September.

Download the full Recruitment Pack here to find more information and you can submit an application here. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further then please contact: recruitment@handcrafted.org.uk

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Testimonials

There are countless challenges and barriers between our Fairchance service users and a healthy, productive and satisfying life.

We often use the term ‘chaotic lifestyle’ to describe the multitude of issues they face, and we contrast this lifestyle with an ideal that is secure, positive, stable and fulfilling. Often people looking in on the lifestyles of our service users find them intimidating, disorientating and full of risk – it should be no surprise that the same is true the other way around. For our service users who are looking into employment, education and stable accommodation, what they often see is a very unfamiliar culture and environment that they are unable to navigate.

Handcrafted helps to bridge this gap. It’s a middle ground between work and leisure where our service users are building confidence, self-esteem, working relationships, responsibilities, a sense of achievement. As a natural consequence of this and armed with the skills necessary to make this transition our service users are developing goals and ambitions and making plans for the futures that they are beginning to see as a reality for themselves.

Joe K, Fair Chance Project, Oasis Aquila Housing