Employment Support Worker

Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for an experienced Employment Advisor to join a Charity Organisation based in Leeds on an initial 3 month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

The Role:

• Carry out a comprehensive initial assessment with all participants to assess barriers, develop an individual action plan with clear goals, and identify barriers and measures to overcome these barriers
• Raise aspirations of beneficiaries to move into employment, education or training by demonstrating LMI-informed career opportunities
• Improve and Enhance Health and Wellbeing by reducing health-related barriers to employment through delivery of health-related interventions
• Support the creation of workplace-based opportunities for beneficiaries with health conditions by providing local employers with practical support
• Carry out a comprehensive initial assessment with all participants to assess barriers, develop an individual action plan with clear goals, and identify barriers and measures to overcome these barriers
• Undertake participant eligibility check of all participants where necessary
• Build new relationships, and maintain existing relationships with local organisations, agencies, businesses, and the public - creating an informed network of beneficiary-facing organisations through collaboration at management (steering groups) and practitioner levels (communities of practice).
• Work in partnership and carry out joint key working to achieve improved positive outcomes for participants

Requirements:

• Knowledge and understanding of the barriers to unemployment, training, and education
• Proven ability to build trusting relationships with workless participants and use innovative approaches to help retain them on the project and inspire people to reach their goals
• Experience of working in communities and engaging with unemployed or economically inactive participants
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to develop new and maintain existing effective relationships with all partners and referral sources

If this role would be of interest to you, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible!