Engagement Worker

**Organisations**
- Fusion Housing

**Hours**
- 37

**Number of Jobs**
- 1

**Location(s)**
- Huddersfield and surrounding areas

**Position type**
- Temporary

**Length of contract**
- Fixed term until end of December 2023.

**Salary**
- £22,129 to £23,022 per annum

**Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Fusion Housing.**

**FUSION HOUSING** works across Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield districts of West Yorkshire providing help to our communities to find and maintain housing through legal advice, employment support, learning opportunities, supported accommodation and local food bank provision

**Job Reference 2023/11**

We have a vacancy for an experienced** ENGAGEMENT WORKER **to work in our Learning & Employment Team, which includes the Works Better Service. We support people with their aspirations and ambitions and deliver our services in an asset-based way, led by our participants and their goals.

**Location: Huddersfield (Pearl House) including travel across Kirklees.**

**Applicants must have knowledge and experience of**:

- Employability service provision.
- Barriers faced by participants moving into education & employment.
- Ability to work to deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal & organisational skills.

**TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE**

Job description, employee specification and guidance notes for applicants are available to download from the website.

**CLOSING DATE: 9am Monday 22nd May 2023**

**INTERVIEWS: Friday 26th May 2023**

***As an employee of Fusion Housing, all successful applicants benefit from the following**:

- 30 days annual leave; 2 Floating Days; statutory bank holidays (all pro-rata for P/T staff)
- Flexible working
- Hybrid working policy and the autonomy to manage your own diary
- 5% employer pension contribution
- 30-minute paid break per day
- Pension salary sacrifice scheme
- Sick pay scheme
- Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
- Health Cash Plan
- Access to counselling helpline
- Access to corporate KAL membership

Fusion Housing has a commitment to safeguarding children and adults at risk and will ensure that all its policies reflect this. This recruitment is taking place under our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Procedures.

**An enhanced DBS check will be required.**

**Closing date**

22 May 2023, 9:00 AM

**Important Information**:

- Works Better Engagement Worker Job Description.pdf - 127KB
- Works Better Engagement Worker Employee Spec.pdf - 375KB