Adult Career Development Specialist

2 days ago


Stockport, Stockport, United Kingdom The Growth Company Full time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dedicated Adult Mental Health Specialist to join our team at The Growth Company. As an Employment Specialist, you will play a vital role in helping adults with physical or mental health disabilities find and sustain employment.

This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who are passionate about empowering individuals with health conditions or disabilities and have strong communication and negotiation skills.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Clients Support: Work closely with clients to assess their support needs and develop personalized plans to overcome barriers to employment.
  • Employer Engagement: Build relationships with local employers to negotiate job opportunities that meet everyone's strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences.
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with the Growth Company's Individual Placement Support (IPS) team to deliver the IPS approach and provide quality service to clients and employers.
  • Knowledge Sharing: Share knowledge and best practices with colleagues to improve the delivery of services and support to clients.
  • Policy Implementation: Ensure that all relevant policies are implemented, such as information governance, safeguarding, etc.

About You:

  • Experience: Experience talking to employers and helping people into work.
  • Communication Skills: Great communication skills and the ability to build relationships with everyone from frontline staff to CEO level.
  • Negotiation Skills: Negotiation skills and commercial acumen.
  • Drive and Passion: Drive, passion, and commitment.
  • Rapport Building: Proven ability to build rapport with people, especially those affected by substance misuse or similar conditions.
  • Strong Skills: Strong written, verbal, and organizational skills.

Skill Requirements:

  • Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiating skills.
  • Target-Driven Environment: Ability to work in a target-driven environment, focusing on the successful achievement of job outcomes and sustained outcomes.
  • Guidance Skills: High-level guidance skills, delivering one-to-one and group sessions to at least Grade 2 standard.
  • Lone Working: Previous experience working on outreach and lone working.
  • Guidance Experience: Experience in guidance, advice, and counseling environments.
  • Disability Understanding: An understanding of working with disabled people, or a similar client group within health, social services, or the voluntary sector, is desirable.

Salary: The starting salary will be up to £29,000 per annum, which will be raised to £29,000 after a 6-month successful probation period.



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