Employment Officer

15 hours ago

Tameside, United Kingdom Tameside Council Full time

**Contract Type**: Fixed Term Contract Until March 2026

**Contract Reason**: Specific Project

**Salary**:Grade F SCP 17 £28,770 - SCP 22 £31,364

**Hours Per Week: 36**

**Base Location: Tameside One**

**Assessment Date**: To be arranged

**The Role**

This role will support residents with disabilities and EHCPs (Education, Health and Care Plans) to transition into paid employment, with a package of support utilising Access to Work, if required.

As Employment Officer you will be part of a team making a real difference to people’s lives. We are looking for passionate, and committed individuals who are able to engage with residents in addition to working in partnership with the wider organisations that provide support such as healthcare partners, social workers and families/households.

**About You**

**Your essential skills, knowledge and experience**:

- Understanding of mental illness and the barriers faced by people with mental health problems who wish to access/retain employment opportunities
- Commitment to and understanding of social inclusion, anti discriminatory practice, and equal opportunities.
- Ability to use assessment tools and formulate action plans
- Ability to communicate and network with a range of people, including clients, mental health professionals and employers
- Ability to devise and deliver training material/presentations to employers, related professionals and other organisations.
- Ability to work as part of a team, and share information.

**About Us**

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.

For an informal discussion about the role including flexible working please contact Joanne Spurgeon 07970 753823

**Reference Number: DPT335

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