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Employment Specialist

2 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom The Growth Company Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Employment Specialist to join our Individual Placement Support (IPS) team at The Growth Company. As an Employment Specialist, you will play a vital role in supporting adults with physical or mental health disabilities to find and sustain employment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage a caseload of 24 clients motivated to start or return to work, providing person-centered advice and guidance to progress them towards employment.
  • Deliver the IPS approach, overcoming work, skills, health, and personal circumstances barriers to support clients into sustainable work.
  • Attend weekly team meetings as an embedded IPS practitioner and provide quality service through regular visits, effective monitoring, and in-work support to clients and employers.
  • Develop effective working relationships with local employers, negotiating job opportunities that meet clients' strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences.
  • Challenge inequalities experienced by clients and address existing discrimination, ensuring a process of learning for the organization.
  • Partake in continuous learning about disability and mental health conditions, their impact, and how they can be managed, undertaking mandatory training as required.
  • Meet and support clients to understand their key skills, aspirations, and goals, completing a Vocational Profile and producing an Action Plan to help them obtain and sustain competitive employment.
  • Assess client support needs relating to work, providing support and guidance, and source job opportunities through tailored job searches and regular contact with local employers.
  • Provide education and support to employers, negotiating adjustments, return to work strategies, and ongoing contact to ensure job retention.
  • Establish positive and integrated relationships with Primary Care teams, employers, and other service providers, ensuring all relevant policies are implemented.
About You
  • Experience talking to employers and helping people into work.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships with everyone from frontline to CEO level.
  • Negotiation skills and commercial acumen.
  • Drive, passion, and commitment.
  • Proven ability to build rapport with people, especially those affected by substance misuse or similar conditions.
  • Strong written and verbal skills, with organizational skills.
Requirements
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiating skills.
  • Ability to work in a target-driven environment, with a focus on successful job outcomes and sustained outcomes.
  • High-level guidance skills, with the ability to deliver one-to-one and group sessions to at least Grade 2 standard.
  • Previous experience working on outreach and lone working.
  • Experience in guidance, advice, and counseling environments.
  • An understanding of working with disabled people, or a similar client group within health, social services, or the voluntary sector is desirable.