Employment Specialist

Job Description

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Introduction

Do you have experience in Employment Support? We are looking for experienced Employment Specialists to join our Team.

What’s the role?

London Borough of Lewisham is seeking 1 Employment Specialists to join our team delivering the DWP Connect To Work Programme. We are looking for 1 Employment Specialist to deliver via the Support Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) You will work to provide expert employment support for individuals with diverse needs.

Working with participants, health professionals, service providers and employers, you will be focused on making sure a participant’s journey into employment, is as easy as possible. You will work with participants (managing a caseload of 20 - 25) to assist them in securing or remaining in sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. Your role will be to deliver the SEQF (for which training will be given); providing person centred advice and guidance to participants, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable participants to move into suitable employment.

You will work with people on their individual employment journey from vocational profiling to the point where they no longer require face to face in work support.

This is a Fixed Term 2 year contract with a possibility of a further extension.

What’s in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What we’re looking for

You will have an eye for accuracy and can ensure quality and consistency of published digital content within the Council’s content management system. You will be keen to get involved in content creation, including directing messaging, editorial and tone of voice. Liaising and supporting service-based content editors to ensure webpages are accurate, kept up to date and serve our residents well, will be what you excel at, as well as having great people skills and experience of supporting and working alongside a diverse range of people.

Location

Whilst Lewisham offers a hybrid approach across both office Laurence House, Catford, London,SE6 4RU and home locations. This role will be predominantly office based at a number of Lewisham based office alongside community based locations within the borough

Special conditions

• The job is subject to an enhanced DBS check

The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CVs.

Applicant handbook- please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Charlotte.Rowley@lewisham.gov.uk or Shirin.Akthar@lewisham.gov.uk

Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification

Salary

£44,235 - £45,852 per annum (PO1)

N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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