To provide an In Work support service to those clients in employment through a variety of options including regular telephone contact, face to face visits, mentoring, job coaching and in depth support in order to progress clients in to sustained or open employment and maximise workplace retention.
Personal Specification
SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES
Technical competency (qualifications and training)
Experience
Relevant previous experience in the recruitment/ employment/ training/ placement field (E)
Experience working with disabled/disadvantaged young people/adults (E)
Skills and Attributes
Ability to cope with a variety of challenging situations in a calm and sensitive manner (E)
Ability to encourage, persuade and motivate at all levels (E)
Flexibility to cope with the varying demands of the role and achieve the desired results (E)
Ability to problem solve and respond appropriately to a variety of situations (E)
Ability to manage and support a caseload and achieve targets for progression (E)
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team (E)
Good organisational skills (E)
IT knowledge or a willingness and aptitude to learn (E)
Good understanding of the local and national labour market and employment issues (D)
Current knowledge of welfare benefits and issues (D)
Knowledge of specialist employment areas such as Employment Law, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, etc (D)
Knowledge of local area (D)
Personal qualities, communicating and relating to others
Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills (E)
Empathy and belief in the potential of people with disabilities (E)
Positive attitude to disability, health problems and employment problems (E)
Safeguarding
Be able to display an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults. (E)
This post requires a Criminal Records Bureau disclosure at Enhanced level(E)
Other
Have an understanding of and be able to demonstrate a commitment to Equal Opportunities and Diversity. (E)
Able to travel extensively throughout the UK, working from either a home or office base (E)
(E = Essential D = Desirable)
Shaw Trust - 12 months ago
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