Supported Employment Coordinator

Discovery; Frome; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Discounts on high street

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a friend bonus

Mental Health Champions

Long Service Awards

Life Assurance

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

Discovery, part of Dimensions, is proud to be independently recognised as a Great Place To Work. A fantastic opportunity to join the Supported Employment Team as a Supported Employment Coordinator, managing your own diary and working out in the community to help autistic individuals or those with learning disabilities gain employment.

You will need to live in Frome or the surrounding areas to understand the local community and support people into sustainable paid employment.

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities and autism.
• Ability to work as part of a team but also on your own initiative.
• Problem-solve and make decisions.
• Engage with families and develop confidence and trust with people and their families.

Responsibilities

• Coach job seekers and employers to plan longer-term employment strategies.
• Assess interests, abilities and support needs to shape person-centred employment planning.
• Hold and manage a caseload allocated by the Supported Employment Manager.
• Complete timely reviews and respond to support requests to secure progression.

Skills

Teamwork

Independent work

Experience with learning disabilities

Experience with autism

Problem solving

Family engagement

Job description

Discovery, part of Dimensions, is proud to be independently recognised as a Great Place To Work.

A fantastic opportunity to join the Supported Employment Team as a Supported Employment Coordinator, managing your own diary, working out in the community, ensuring people who are autistic or have a learning disability are able to gain employment and have the same opportunities as their peers.

What could be more rewarding!

You will need to live in Frome or the surrounding areas as it will be important to understand the area to be able to support people in the local community into sustainable paid employment.

A Supported Employment Coordinator is responsible for assisting individuals with learning disabilities and/or Autism in finding and maintaining paid employment. Their primary role is to provide support, guidance, and advocacy to both job seekers and employers.

We work with people from different paths in life, and if successful, you will manage a caseload and support them on a journey to where they want to be. You will work in partnership with the supported employment team, delivering on different contracts and funding streams.

Interviews will take place face to face in Frome on the 3rd November.

About the role

Your main duties will include:

• Work with employers and job seekers using job coaching and identifying longer-term strategies to ensure sustained employment.
• Understanding each person’s interests, preferences, abilities and support needs and to facilitate and co-ordinate the person-centred employment planning process.
• To hold and manage a caseload, that will be allocated by the Supported Employment Manager
• Complete timely reviews and respond quickly to requests of support from the job seekers, employer or family / circle of support to ensure that the pathway to employment is successful

About you

The successful applicant will have:

• The ability to work as part of a team but also on your own initiative.
• Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities and autism.
• The ability to problem-solve and make decisions.
• Ability to engage with families and develop confidence and trust with people and their families.

Discovery are committed to developing skills and rewarding our staff, so here’s what’s in it for you:

• 30 days’ annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays)
• Access to discounts on high street shopping, cinema tickets and meals out
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a friend bonus
• In-house Mental Health and Menopause Champions
• Long Service Awards
• Life Assurance
• Fantastic discounts with the Blue Light Card

As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application in our offices using assistive technology.

This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Discovery.

Discovery is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Discovery are Disability Confident Committed and we guarantee to interview all applicants who let us know they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for this role. Discovery has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees.

Discovery has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees. As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application.

Discovery
The Exchange, Bridgwater, Somerset
TA6 4RR