Employment Coordinator

ENABLE Works are the leading Scottish organisation delivering high quality employability services for people who have learning disabilities.

Your job will support people to make progress towards and achieve employment. You will work closely with a group of people who have long term health conditions/disabilities each year, profiling their skills and jointly planning activity that will enable them to achieve their work goals.

You will be responsible for developing positive relationships with the programme participants, their circles of support and professional support services.

You will work closely with local partners, including employers, funders and other stakeholders, developing professional relationships that will offer a diverse range of experiences and opportunities.

You will be given a work plan to achieve in order that programme participants are receiving a quality service and we are achieving the expectations of funders and stakeholders, and you will be required to meet challenging but achievable programme KPIs.

As an important member of the wider ENABLE Works team, you will be supporting departmental objectives through delivery of support but also through positive collaboration and innovation within your team to support our strategic, societal goals.

**Main Duties and Accountabilities**

Providing high quality support:

- Regular and accurate profiling of skills and recording of participant activity
- Active case management to ensure person-centred success
- Delivering support with fidelity to the individual project model
- Delivery of structured training to individuals and groups of participants
- Maintaining positive relationships with participants and their circles of support to ensure inclusive success
- Managing professional relationships with stakeholders and employers to create opportunities for participants

**Delivering projects to plan**:

- Keeping accurate and up-to-date records ready for audit
- Recording and gathering project information in line with project timescales and work plan
- Handling and storing project information in line with ENABLE Scotland’s data protection policy
- Reporting accurately on project activity when requested and in line with project timescales

**Meeting performance expectations**:

- Active case management to ensure participants are achieving success
- Meeting and exceeding individual project expectations
- Innovating and collaborating across your team to support wider ENABLE Works performance

**Contribution to strategy**:

- Sharing best practice and opportunities with ENABLE Works colleagues
- Positive and flexible response to changes in work plans
- Collaborative approach to team and departmental delivery
- Managing your time/caseload efficiently in order to respond to additional duties as required
- Supporting the training and marking of accredited staff training
- Representing ENABLE Works and ENABLE Scotland with an understanding of departmental and organisational strategies

**About You**

Full clean driving license is essential with access to a vehicle for business purposes

You will have significant working knowledge of the Glasgow area, key employability stakeholders and sectors.

**You should also have**:

- A commitment to support people to get the jobs they want
- Understanding of employability services and methodologies
- Knowledge of the local area and it’s community assets
- Knowledge of skills and employment services for disabled people
- Knowledge of Supported Employment Programmes
- An understanding of Funder compliance requirements
- Understanding of relevant policy and legislation
- Ability to profile skills and aspirations of people with learning disabilities
- Ability to innovate and plan so the people we support can achieve their vocational goals
- Ability to partner and negotiate with stakeholders
- Professional presentation and personality
- Self-management skills and the ability to meet duties effectively

**About Us**

At ENABLE Scotland we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

- Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loans

Starting a career with ENABLE Scotland is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

ENABLE Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.