Employment Advisor

Standguide Group; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Birthday day off

Workplace pension

Job summary

Standguide Group is seeking an Employment Advisor to attract, register and guide participants toward successful placements. You will use diagnostic skills, coaching, and funding optimisation to empower individuals to secure sustainable employment.

Full training is provided; prior Employment Advisor experience isn't required. The role focuses on building trust with people and employers and helping participants recognise and achieve their potential.

Qualifications

• Must be able to build trust with participants and employers.
• Good communication and coaching skills.
• Willingness to learn and adapt during training.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with Job Centre Plus and partners to raise awareness of Standguide services.
• Sign participants up to the programme following guidance and complete documentation accurately.
• Explain the programme offering and ensure participants understand their rights and responsibilities.
• Identify and manage participant expectations regarding data protection and programme rules.
• Develop and manage participants' job goals using coaching techniques to diagnose needs and progression.
• Deliver group training sessions and empower participants toward sustainable employment.

Job description

Join us as an Employment Advisor! The role involves attracting, registering, and guiding participants towards successful placements. Utilising diagnostic skills, individual and group coaching, and optimising available funding, you'll empower individuals to secure sustainable employment. You don't need previous Employment advisor experience, as full training will be provided. What matters most is your ability to build trust, work positively with people and employers, and help individuals recognise and achieve their potential. About Standguide For more than three decades, Standguide has supported individuals and employers across the UK. We provide employment, skills and support services that help people overcome barriers, develop their potential and move towards sustainable employment. As an employee-owned organisation, we're committed to investing in our people, delivering high-quality services and creating positive outcomes for the communities we support.

What you'll do As an Employment Advisor, you'll:

• Build and maintain relationships with the Job Centre Plus and other relevant Partners through regular telephone contact, visits, and newsletters as appropriate to ensure participants are aware of our services and to allay any concerns, they may have with accessing or utilising our services
• Sign participants up to the programme following system and process guidance e.g., accurate and timely completion of documentation
• Explain our service offering (details of the programme) including ensuring the participant understands their rights and responsibilities (e.g., complaints & feedback process), whilst registering the participant in accordance with contractual obligations and eligibility criteria
• Identify, clarifies, and manages the participant expectations of the process including data protection, confidentiality and ground rules of the programme and the relationship to achieve buy-in to the programme
• Develop and manage participant's job goals using creative techniques and deep level questioning as necessary for the participants needs to assist with diagnosis and progression
• Engage and empower participants whilst delivering group training sessions, with the aim of progressing them to achieve sustainable employment. Previous experience or training in the Individual Placement and Support approach would be an advantage, but it isn't essential.

Overseas equivalent qualifications will be considered. We welcome applications from people with relevant lived experience and recognise the valuable insight this can bring to the role., Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, confirmation of the applicant's right to work in the UK and an Enhanced DBS check.

Standguide is an employee-owned organisation, which means our employees have a voice in the business and a shared interest in its long-term success. Alongside a rewarding role where you can make a genuine difference, we offer

• 33 days paid annual leave, including bank holidays, increasing to 38 days after five full years' service
• An additional paid day off for your birthday
• Workplace pension scheme