Employment Support Officer

6 days ago

High Wycombe, United Kingdom AWD Recruitment Limited Full time

Employment Support Officer / Careers Advisor who has experience of promoting and developing employability or related programmes, case management, action planning and target setting skills and knowledge and understanding of the local labour market and recruitment practice is required for a well-established organisation based in Buckinghamshire.

**SALARY**: £26,584 per annum

**JOB TYPE**: Full-Time, Fixed Term Contract (until 31 st March 2025)

**WORKING HOURS**: 37.5 Hours per Week

**PLEASE NOTE**: A covering letter, explaining your suitability for this role, is required (please ensure it is within the same document as your CV)

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for an Employment Support Officer / Careers Advisor who has experience of promoting and developing employability or related programmes, case management, action planning and target setting skills and knowledge and understanding of the local labour market and recruitment practice.

Working as the Employment Support Officer / Careers Advisor you will support the organisation’s Routes to Work project, supporting people to gain employment, start an education or training course, gain volunteering or work experience through 1:1 and group activity.

Based in the office in either High Wycombe, Aylesbury or Chesham, the Employment Support Officer / Careers Advisor will assist the CEO in the implementation, development and delivery of the service.

APPLY TODAY

If this job looks like your ideal position, then please send in your CV as soon as possible for our Recruitment Team to review.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Employment Support Officer / Careers Advisor include:
Working as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team

Managing a caseload of clients & facilitating groups

Developing, in consultation with participants, flexible and realistic person-centred plans within agreed targets

Providing advice and information to participants

Promoting peoples’ autonomy, rights and responsibilities

Ensuring a collaborative approach, effectively communicating with internal and external partners

Maintaining record keeping to the required standard at all times, contributing to service monitoring requirements

Completing all relevant paperwork, in a time sensitive manner

Assisting in the development and implementation of service record keeping, procedures and policies

Attending relevant internal and external meetings as requested including multi-agency meetings

Developing and coordinating professional links with other network service providers

Ensuring the service is always represented in a professional manner

Providing employability information and advice, maintaining own awareness, and developing appropriate collateral

Developing, implementing and reviewing formal and informal action plans and interventions

Ensuring effective action plans are provided

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Ability to ensure the project delivers against agreed objectives and targets

Experience of promoting and developing employability or related programmes and opportunities

Experience of case management, action planning & target setting

Able to develop effective working relationships in a variety of settings

Understanding of confidentiality as it pertains to vulnerable people

Knowledge and understanding of barriers facing job seekers

Ability to communicate with a wide range of people, staff and volunteers, both verbally and in writing, with evidence of literacy and numeracy skills to support this

Understanding of safeguarding legislation and practice

Awareness of Health and Safety, risk assessments and professional boundaries

Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

Adaptability in a challenging and changeable environment

IT skills including Microsoft office packages with experience of using a client relationship management system an advantage

Able to evidence how you deliver a range of services in a person-centred, non-judgmental manner

Able to demonstrate flexibility and creativity when developing support packages

Keen to engage in regular supervision

Demonstrate commitment to evidence-based practice and maintaining currency in knowledge and understanding of support approaches, the local labour market and recruitment practice

Commitment to equal opportunities and confidentiality policies and to anti-discriminatory practice

Able to travel to various locations consistent with the service and participant need

HOW TO APPLY

**JOB REF**: AWDO-C11962

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