Employability Key Worker

Jigsaw Homes Group Ltd; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading housing organization as an Employability Keyworker, supporting individuals with complex needs on their journey towards employment. With a focus on personalized support, you'll help transform lives by addressing barriers to job readiness and providing essential guidance. Enjoy comprehensive benefits, professional development, and the chance to make a real impact in the community.

Benefits

24 days holiday plus additional days after service

Occupational sick pay

Access to on-site gyms

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable populations.
• Ability to coordinate multiple support services.
• Understanding of barriers to employment.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1 to 1 support to individuals with complex needs.
• Coordinate tailored support packages to improve health and wellbeing.
• Engage with local authorities and community agencies.

Skills

Empathy

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Education

Relevant qualification in social care, psychology, or similar

Job description

Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days)We also offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company then please read on.

Who We Are

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in Englandwith more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality; low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About The Department

At Jigsaw Support our focus is on helping people to live happy, healthy lives in a safe home and supporting our most vulnerable individuals is our top priority.

Working within the Jigsaw Support Team you will be part of an innovative, forward-thinking team that encourages success.We are passionate about improving the quality of lives of our customers by supporting them to achieve their goals and independence.

In addition to delivering our existing support services, we are always seeking new innovative partnerships, solutions and funding opportunities, responding to need and working with communities in which we can make a difference.With more than 200 staff from offices in Ashton under Lyne, Leigh and in our supported accommodation projects across the North West, we support over 7,000 people annually through the contracts we manage.

Role Information

Jigsaw Support has a range of employability and support projects that support those furthest from the labour market, including Motiv8, Support to Succeed and Multiply. These projects provide personalised support to help people with complex needs move towards employment.

As an Employability Keyworker, you will provide and co-ordinate tailored support packages to improve peoples health and wellbeing, self-confidence and esteem, to understand their strengths and aspirations and advance their journey towards and into training, job search and employment.

You will involve relevant agencies within the partnership and wider community, matched to the participants needs, through a unique and flexible delivery approach.

You will be working with people aged 18 and over that have multiple complex needs.Presenting barriers could include entrenched worklessness, combined with living in a jobless household, debt, mental health issues, homelessness, history of offending, disabilities and other health issues including drug and alcohol addiction.

You will offer 1 to 1 support to individuals to remove the barriers preventing them from moving forward and support them into a positive destination of training, job search or employment. Delivery will be across the ten local authorities in Greater Manchester.

For more information regarding the role, please refer to the job pack below.

If this sounds like the perfect job for you then dont hesitate to apply now!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

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