River Eden, United Kingdom+1 moreMore locations: Carlisle, UK
In Person
Social & Community ServicesCase Management & Advocacy
About the job
Requirements
Be willing to undertake the Level 3 Certificate for Supported Employment Practitioners or equivalent.
Understand employment and benefit legislation.
Be proactive in identifying risks and acting accordingly.
Maintain clear and detailed records.
Work within and promote safeguarding policies.
Participate in relevant training, regular supervision, and staff meetings.
Adhere to company policies and procedures and maintain confidentiality except where safeguarding concerns apply.
Be available to provide or receive support when customers want and need it, including evenings and weekends.
Be willing to transfer to another location or service when reasonably required.
Responsibilities
Find meaningful work and volunteering opportunities in customers’ local communities.
Identify work-related goals and aspirations and create clear action plans to help customers achieve them.
Work towards clear personal outcomes and goals.
Liaise with carers and other professionals to identify customers’ goals and aspirations and find natural support in their communities.
Support customers with career guidance, job searching, applications, interviews, in-work support, and ongoing career development.
Educate employers on supporting people with additional needs.
Help customers learn how to travel to their place of work.
Understand company policies and procedures.
Plan how to reduce workplace support and increase customers’ independence.
Help customers access assistance with employment and work-related benefits.
Complete vocational profiles, risk assessments, worksite analyses, and other documentation to ensure a safe working environment.
Support employers and employees with ongoing workplace issues.
Develop customers’ employability, independence, and social skills.
Help customers play an integral role in their local communities.
Advocate for customers in work and community settings.
Take risks safely in accordance with customers’ personal risk assessments.
Support customers to review their Connect to Work documents in a timely manner and contribute to the process where appropriate and required.
Support customers and carers with job application forms and signpost to specialist support where appropriate.
Work with employers and other stakeholders to identify opportunities and negotiate job carving where appropriate.
Promote the benefits of work for people with additional needs to customers, carers, employers, and education providers.
Support Carlisle Mencap services to embed opportunities in work, volunteering, and community independence for customers.
Represent the service at employment and community events.
Link with local Jobcentres, employers, and other stakeholders.
Communicate and build professional working relationships with employers, customers, families, support networks, health and social care professionals, and agencies.
Maintain regular suitable contact with customers’ parents, carers, and support networks and ensure their appropriate involvement in customers’ care and support.
Maintain regular contact with employers, education providers, and other stakeholders to support successful outcomes.
Collaborate with Carlisle Mencap and Connect to Work staff to share and promote good practice, continuous improvement, and equitable services across the county.
Promote Carlisle Mencap and Cumberland County Council Adult Social Care safeguarding policies.
Uphold Carlisle Mencap’s reputation.
Encourage team members through positive role modelling to behave and communicate in line with Carlisle Mencap’s social care values.
Ensure positive, open, and structured communication within the team and promote good team working.
Undertake other duties as reasonably required.
Job Title: Employment Specialist - Two Posts
Hours: Post 1 - Maternity Leave Cover - Full Time 37.5 hours per week
Post 2 - Fixed Term until Match 2028 - Minimum 22.5 hours up to 37.5 hours
Salary: £28,500 per annum full time (pro rata for part time)
Responsible to: Service Manager
Location: Carlisle & Eden
Main Purpose of the Post:
To provide services that support and enable people to achieve their own personal employment and community inclusion goals. You will give due regard to a customer’s absolute right to be in control of and ensure their privacy, dignity and respect and in the spirit of collaboration and partnership working with the customer and their support networks.
Main Tasks of Job:
Customer Focus
To find meaningful work and volunteering opportunities in their local communities
Identify work related goals and aspirations and create clear action plans to help them achieve these
Work towards clear personal outcomes and goals
Liaise with carers and other professionals to help identify the customer’s goals and aspirations and find natural support in their community
Support with career guidance, job searching, applications, interviews, in work support and ongoing career development
To educate employers on how to support people with additional needs
Help people learn how to travel to their place of work
To understand different company policies and procedures
Plan how to step down workplace support and increase their independence
Understand how to get help with employment and work related benefits
To complete vocational profiles, risk assessments, worksite analysis and other documentation to ensure a safe working environment
To support employer and employee with on-going workplace issues
Develop and increase employability, independence and social skills
Help people play an integral role within and be part of their local communities.
Advocate in work and community settings
Take risks and be safe in accordance with their personal risk assessments.
Receive and take part in services and support when they want and need it. This includes evenings and weekends.
Working Relationships
Support and enable customers to review their Connect to Work documents in a timely manner and contribute to this process where appropriate and required.
Support and enable customers and carers with job applications forms and signpost to specialist support if appropriate
Work with employers and other stakeholders to identify opportunities and negotiate job carving if appropriate
To promote the benefits of work for people with additional needs to customers, carers and employers and education providers
To support all Carlisle Mencap services to embed opportunities in work, volunteering and independence in community amongst all our customers.
Be able to represent the service at employment and community events
Be familiar with employment and benefit legislation
Link with local Jobcentres, employers and other stakeholders
Communicate effectively and professionally with employers, customers, their families and support networks, health and social care professionals.
Facilitate and have professional working relationships with customers, their families and support networks, health and social care professionals and agencies.
Maintain regular suitable contact with customers parents, carers and support networks and ensure they are suitably and appropriately involved with the care and support of the customer or person for whom they have responsibility.
Maintain regular contact with employers, education providers and other stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes,
Work in collaboration with other Carlisle Mencap and Connect to Work staff to share and promote good practice, continuous improvement and equitable services across the county.
Safety and administration:
Be proactive in identifying risks and acting accordingly.
Maintain clear and detailed records.
Work within and promote the Safeguarding policies of Carlisle Mencap and Cumberland County Council Adult Social Care.
Organisational Compliance:
Participate in relevant training to update and enhance knowledge base.
Be willing to undertake Level 3 Certificate for Supported Employment Practitioners or equivalent
Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
Participate in regular supervision with your line manager.
Participate in staff meetings for the Service.
Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required. This may include transfer to another location or service.
Uphold the good reputation of Carlisle Mencap.
Always Maintain confidentiality (except for where there are safeguarding concerns).
Leadership:
Through positive role modelling, you will encourage Carlisle Mencap team members to behave and communicate in a manner that aligns with Carlisle Mencap’s social care values.
Ensure there is positive, open and structured communication within your team.