Employment Specialist - Wirral

Catch22; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension scheme with up to 4% matched

Discounted shopping opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Catch22 seeks an Employment Specialist (Career Coach) to support individuals facing barriers to employment, education and training. You will provide person-centred employment support, working with mental health teams and community organisations to promote inclusion and independence.

You will engage employers, run vocational profiling, match roles, and support progression into sustainable paid work aligned with participants’ goals. Liverpool-based, full-time/permanent role.

Qualifications

• IAG skills – IEP Level 2/3
• Understanding of welfare benefits and employment legislation
• Knowledge of supported employment principles and employer engagement techniques
• Qualification in Supported Employment/IPS or working towards within 9 months
• Experience with learning disabilities/ ASD/ mental health/ complex health challenges and/or disadvantaged groups

Responsibilities

• Deliver personalised, strengths-based employment support to individuals facing barriers to employment, education and training.
• Build trusted relationships with participants to identify aspirations, develop vocational goals and support progression into sustainable outcomes.
• Apply supported employment principles, including profiling, job matching, rapid job search and in-work support, to achieve positive outcomes.
• Work with employers and partners to create opportunities and remove barriers to progression

Skills

IAG skills

Employer engagement

Welfare benefits understanding

SEQF principles knowledge

Education

Five GCSEs or equivalent

SEQF level 3 qualification

Job description

Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

Weachievethis in two ways. First, we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we useour knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help.With the heart of a charityand the mindset of a business,we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

The Catch22 Employability division provides skills and employability provision on a range of programmes, both public and corporate funded. We pride ourselves on supporting the most disadvantaged in society to improve their prospects resulting in improved social mobility and sustainable positive change.

Job Description

Our Employability division is expanding due to the procurement of a new Liverpool Connect to Work contract, and we therefore look to welcome an Employment Specialist into our experienced team.This role is often referred to as a career coach.

You will report into a Team Leader within the Catch22 Employability division.

As an Employment Specialist, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals facing barriers to employment, education and training to achieve their career aspirations and build brighter futures.The Supported Employment Specialist will deliver high-quality, person-centred employment support in line with the SEQF fidelity model. This role is focused on enabling people with disabilities, learning difficulties/disabilities, neuro-diverse conditions, poor mental health or individuals from other disadvantaged and/or complex backgrounds to prepare for, secure, and sustain meaningful paid employment aligned with their goals, while promoting inclusion, independence, and long-term wellbeing.

The role combines one-to-one support, employer engagement, collaboration with multidisciplinary mental health teams/community organisations and promote integration with Region’s Employability network.

• Deliver personalised, strengths-based employment support to individuals facing barriers to employment, education and training.
• Build trusted relationships with participants to identify aspirations, develop vocational goals and support progression into sustainable outcomes.
• Apply supported employment principles, including vocational profiling, job matching, rapid job search and in-work support, to achieve positive participant outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with employers, referral partners and community organisations to create opportunities and remove barriers to progression

Qualifications

We will need you to have:

• Five GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C/4 or above
• Knowledge of supported employment principles and employer engagement techniques.
• Qualification in Supported Employment/IPS or work towards achievement within 9 months
• Experience with learning disabilities/ASD/mental health/complex health challenges and/or disadvantaged groups
• Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) skills – IEP Level 2/3
• Understanding of welfare benefits and employment legislation

Additional Information

Contract:Full time | Permanent (37 hours per week)

Location: Community Based | Liverpool - Key areas: St Helens & Wirral

• Accredited SEQF level 3 qualification - delivered by The Busy Group
• 28days annual leave + bank holidays, rising to 33 days with service.
• Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%
• Access to discounted shopping opportunities and employee assistance programme

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here .

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due dilligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.