Mencap's Employ Me team provide supported employment programmes for people with a learning disability, learning difficulty and autism.

The Employ Me team work with partners to develop innovative and inclusive programmes that will support people to develop skills, knowledge and experience that leads to paid employment opportunities.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Employment Specialist to join our Employ Me team to deliver the Connect to Work programme across:

• Staffordshire- Staffordshire Moorlands and Newcastle-under- Lyme

Connect to Work is an element of the Governments ‘Get Britain Working’ Strategy and aims to increase workforce participation by helping people into sustained employment.

Reduce economic inactivity among those with complex barriers

Improve workforce retention by providing structured in-work support.

Strengthen links between employment, health, and social care to ensure holistic support.

Deliver measurable outcomes, including job placements, retention rates, and employer engagement success

The programme provides out of work participants with intensive employment support for up to 12 months and up to 4 months support for participants in work who are at risk of losing their job.

 The Connect to Work programme delivers the five stages of the Supported Employment model:

• Engagement
• Vocational Profiling
• Employer Engagement
• Job Matching
• On and off Job Support

The successful person will deliver the Connect to Work programme adhering to the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) fidelity, evidence-based model.

We are looking for an individual who can work on their own initiative, have good communication skills, organisational skills and be approachable across all levels, providing tailored employment support to a caseload of up to 20 individuals.

The successful person will require prior experience of delivering programmes within the supported employment sector, as well as the knowledge to report and record individuals progress and achievement.

This role is full time (37.5 hours per week) contracted for up to 5 years.

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