Employability Support Officer

NHS; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health organization in Grimsby is seeking an Employability Support Officer to assist young people in overcoming barriers to employment. This role involves developing employability initiatives, including voluntary work and apprenticeships, and requires experience in education and training sectors. The position is part-time, offering competitive pro rata salary and a supportive, flexible work environment.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible working hours

CPD/development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of working in partnership with other agencies.
• Demonstrable experience of work-based education and training.

Responsibilities

• Support Care Experienced young people to access training opportunities.
• Develop the Employability voluntary project and apprenticeship scheme.

Skills

Knowledge in the delivery of employment initiatives

Effective customer care skills

Empathy and patience

Supervisory skills

Influencing and negotiating skills

Education

Information and Guidance Level 3

Maths and English at minimum level 2

Job description

Care Plus Employability Services delivertwo strands under one service - Employability and Supported Employment.

Employability supports the worklessnessagenda of Northern Lincolnshire, delivering a holistic approach to supportingunemployed people on a pathway to sustainable employment. They deliver variousemployability initiatives including voluntary work based learning,apprenticeships, and intermediate labour market opportunities. They aim toempower local people to become socially included within their communities,whilst also breaking down barriers to employment.

Supported Employment is a work-basedemployment team that provides a flexible service based on individual needs.Supported Employment supports people with learning and physical disabilities toaccess employment in both paid and voluntary work by partnership working withother organisations and employers within the public, private and third sector

Please note that Care Plus Group are not currentlyregistered to sponsor applicants from outside the EU and EEA.

Main duties of the job

Please note previous applicants need not apply.

Job title: Employability Support Officer

Base: Val Waterhouse Centre, Grimsby

16 hours per week

Permanent

Salary Range 4 - £26,416 - £28,182 pro rata per annum - you will be appointed on a fixed salary point within the range

Are you passionate about supporting people; empathic to the barriers they may face; and have the ability to motivate others, helping them to realise their aspirations?

You will support the worklessness agenda by predominantly supporting Care Experiencedyoung people to access training and employment opportunities within Industry.Enabling Participants to progress and overcome barriers to the world of workand holistically supporting those who may present as long-term unemployed, havelearning and physical disabilities, experiencing mental health issues etc.

You will assist in developing theEmployability voluntary project, apprenticeship scheme, work experience,Intermediate Labour Market project and any other Employability relatedprojects, ensuring participants are supported along the correct pathwaytailored to their individual needs.

Ifthis sounds like the job for you and you would like to make a difference,enabling people to start or progress along their career journey, we welcomeyour application.

About us

Care Plus Group is an employee owned Social Enterprise, establishedin 2011 to deliver NHS community health and social care services and employover 800 people. A key feature of our organisation is the positive culture wehave developed which is based on valuing, trusting, engagement, and involvementof our staff. We consistently deliver high quality innovative services across NELincolnshire, reflected in an ongoing above 95% customer satisfaction feedback.Our services have received national recognition/commendations and Awardsincluding winning a national HSJ award in November 2021. We hold thehighest possible standard of ISO accreditation and are committed to reducingour carbon footprint. We offer excellent terms and conditions includingoptional membership to a contributory pension scheme, Independent Providerclosed access to the NHS pension scheme, lease cars, a full induction programmeand an extensive range of CPD/development opportunities. We recognisecontinuous service from partner Health and Care organisations for the purposesof annual leave entitlement. We are a supportive employer and operate in a waywhich supports family friendly and flexible working. CPG is an equal opportunities employer,committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults and expect the samecommitment from all staff and volunteers. As a Disability Confident employer,we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

Job responsibilities

The job description is attached as a separate document with the personspecification - please refer to this for more information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Information and Guidance Level 3 or experience of the employment sector.
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Maths and English at minimum level 2.
• Information and Guidance Level 4

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge and understanding in the delivery of employment initiatives including employability and apprenticeships.
• Knowledge of Individual Learning Plans and outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience of working in partnership with other agencies and professionals.
• Effective customer care skills.
• Ability to demonstrate empathy and patience.
• Effective Influencing, persuading and negotiating skills in all key relationships.
• Knowledge/experience of the Work Programme and other DWP contracts.
• Supervisory skills.

Experience

• 2 years experience and knowledge of work-based education and training
• OR equivalent experience in working with a range of people with barriers to employment, e.g. lone parents, long term unemployed and those with mental health and physical disabilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£26,416 to £28,182 a yearRange 4 pro rata per annum. Fixed salary point