Employment Support Specialist

Surrey Choices; Redhill; Vor Ort; GBP 25.000 - 31.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Career progression

25 days leave

Refer a friend £500

Pension and sick pay

Mileage allowance

Employee assistance

Perkbox access

Recognition awards

Blue Light Card

Thank you scheme

Long service benefit

Zusammenfassung

Surrey Choices is seeking an Employment Support Specialist to guide customers in East Surrey toward employment, volunteering, and related opportunities. You will assist with CV writing, interview preparation, and travel training, delivering tailored support to individuals and families across communities.

Travel across East Surrey is required, with core hours Monday–Friday, and a salary around £28,240 per annum.

Qualifikationen

• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals, families/carers and external partners.
• Experience delivering job outcomes for disabled people.
• Kind and caring approach to supporting people.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills.
• Passion for creating diverse communities.
• Ability to communicate well with others.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Good understanding of Employment Law and other relevant legislation.
• Good IT skills.

Aufgaben

• Guide and support customers with employment aspirations and access to paid employment, volunteering and other opportunities.
• Assist with CV writing, interview preparation, and travel training.
• Provide job coaching and ongoing support to customers to achieve outcomes.

Kenntnisse

Effective communication

Experience with disability outcomes

Kind and caring

Willingness to learn

Diversity champion

Good communication

Relationship building

Full UK driving licence

Employment law awareness

IT skills

Jobbeschreibung

As an Employment Support Specialist, you will be required to guide and support customers with their employment aspirations and encouraging access to paid employment, volunteering, and other opportunities in their communities independently. You will support customers with CV writing, interview preparation, job coaching and travel training.

• Ability to communicate effectively and engage with individuals, Families/Carers and external partners
• Experience of delivering job outcomes for disabled people
• A kind and caring approach to supporting people
• A willingness to learn
• A passion for creating diverse communities
• An ability to communicate well with others
• An ability to build and maintain relationships
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Good understanding of Employment Law and other relevant legislation
• Good IT skills

About Surrey Choices: Surrey Choices is a leading provider of services for people with disabilities across Surrey. Our mission is to enable the individuals we support to live their best lives and to be active citizens in their local communities. Through person centred planning, and in consultation with individuals and their support networks, we support every person to achieve their potential: to develop new skills, and to live as independently as possible. We are on a journey of transformation to develop a creative and supportive service which combines community support with specialist facilities for those who need it. We are ambitious and excited about the future

Location: East Surrey including Epsom, Redhill, Reigate and Banstead - appointments made from home and daily travel required across East Surrey (on occasion further afield).

Core Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.

Salary: £28240 per annum. Do you want to make a difference to someone's life? Do you have the passion and drive to support vulnerable people to reach their employment aspirations?

This job involves travelling to lots of different places across Surrey to see customers and employers. If you are an applicant with a disability and cannot drive, we will discuss reasonable adjustments.

What we can offer you

• Full training given - career progression encouraged
• 25 days leave plus bank holidays
• £500 refer a friend scheme
• Generous pension and sick pay
• 55p per mile expenses
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Automatic entry into Perkbox benefit scheme
• Employee Recognition Award Scheme
• Subsidised access to a Blue Light Card
• Thank you scheme
• Long service benefit