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Salary: £38,000 per annum
Post: Permanent, Full-time
Location: National

 
Genuine opportunity to make your mark and create a legacy of equality and world class training opportunities for people with a learning disability 

Unity Works is a specialist charity, creating opportunities, and showcasing the talents of people with a learning disability to reach their full potential.  

This is a new and exciting opportunity to develop our Awards Centre both in London and scale the model nationwide. This includes overseeing the production and implementation of accessible content for our new online learning portal. Our Awards Centre offers people with a learning disability the opportunity to gain skills and qualifications in a variety of industries to start their journey to employment. 

Salary: £22,410 to £23,790 per annum
Hours: 2 posts. Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: East Surrey, may be required to travel across the county (option of homeworking)

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?

At Surrey Choices, we put the people we support at the heart of everything we do, inspiring and challenging them to learn, enjoy and achieve their goals. Our mission is to deliver innovative, sustainable services that enable choice and positive outcomes for the people we support. These services are provided by skilled, engaged and inspired colleagues.

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals to join our team at Surrey Choices. Using a person-centred approach, you will be supporting people within their community in line with their interests and aspirations, helping people to lead more active, independent and healthy lives. 

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.

Salary: £22,410 to £23,790 per annum
Hours: 2 posts. Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: North Surrey - Ashford, may be required to travel across the county (option of homeworking)

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?

At Surrey Choices, we put the people we support at the heart of everything we do, inspiring and challenging them to learn, enjoy and achieve their goals. Our mission is to deliver innovative, sustainable services that enable choice and positive outcomes for the people we support. These services are provided by skilled, engaged and inspired colleagues.

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals to join our team at Surrey Choices. Using personalised vocational profiles, you will be supporting people to develop their employability skills within their local community. 

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. The role is varied and interesting and you will be working with young people and adults at different stages in their journeys to employment.

Salary: £25,272.00
Post: Fixed Term until 31st August 2022, with the possibility for this to be extended subject to further funding. 36 hours/week
Location: You will be required to regularly visit the internship programme in Newham but your admin/day to day tasks will be completed remotely (on site, at home) or at Generate’s office in Wandsworth.

Generate is a South West London based charity who have been creating opportunities and offering support to people with disabilities since 1972. Generate is committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities by supporting and encouraging them in a creative way to access opportunities in the community, be active citizens and reduce reliance on services.

The role is to support the Internship Project Manager with the smooth running of the service, ensuring the service is fully staffed with skilled job coaches throughout the course of the internship. Where required, support Interns in their work placements, helping them gain experience and teach them how to perform the tasks in their respective roles. An element of this post will require covering on site where job coaches are absent or off sick.

Salary: £20,493 - £23,079
Posts: 3 positions available - 1 x Journey First, 2 x Parents First. Full-time. Fixed term contract until 30 June 2023
Location: Warrington

Job Coaches are the key front-line personnel for both projects, liaising directly with participants, employers and other professionals, to improve outcomes. This exciting role requires enthusiasm and creative thinking to ensure each participant explores and experiences the best possible ways to realise their potential.

You will need to have extensive knowledge and experience of working with people to build their confidence and skills; supporting them on their individual path to employment, education or training.

Job Coaches will work across Warrington in a range of community venues, including Children’s Centres and Neighbourhood Hubs. This will ensure easy access to support for participants in their local community, and enable close working relationships with existing Early Help, Education and Employment teams.

Salary: £28,691 - £35,207 pa inc
Post: Permanent, full-time
Location: Brent, London

We are looking for Employment Specialists to join our CNWL Employment Services Team.  Posts will be based in Brent Community Mental health Team currently based at Brondesbury Road working largely with our Depot and Clozapine Clinics.

We are looking for individuals who are highly motivated, have experience of supporting people to access paid employment or employability skills which could be transferred to this role and have the right qualities and aptitudes. These include a passionate belief that anyone with mental health problems can work, is a self-starter with initiative, a commitment to team work and strong organisational skills.

You will be joining a well-established Employment Service, who are a National Centre of Excellence, and will have access to a range of professional development and training opportunities.

Your role will often involve being the only Employment Specialist in a mental health team, and you will need to promote employment and raise expectations around the ability of service users to access paid employment.  You will have individual and team targets, and will receive professional supervision and support from an Employment Team leader, a clinical supervisor and local peers. You will also be expected to spend time in the community negotiating job opportunities via the hidden labour market, as well as networking with local agencies.