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Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an Employment Officer to join our Employment & Personal Development team covering the Northern Trust locality on a permanent (30 hours per week) contract with the potential option of increasing to 37.5 hours per week. This role will be a hybrid approach of working from home and working out in the community at meetings. Do you have the ability to generate a range of high quality, appropriate placements and paid employment opportunities, through engagement with employers and effective promotion of Mencap services?.

Responsibilities

• You will work as part of a team to support people with a learning disability to access a range of employment and training opportunities.
• To develop their skills and confidence and to progress towards their employment goals and aspirations.
• Performance Delivery.
• Safe Practitioner.
• Planner and Recorder.
• Ambassador and Liaison.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Evidence of good time management skills.
• Evidence of the ability to work independently and use your own initiative.
• Evidence of working effectively within a team.
• Evidence of good communication skills, including ICT.
• Experience of supporting people to develop new/existing skills.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work flexibly in accordance with the needs of the post.
• The successful candidate must hold a valid driving licence and have access to a car in order to travel in accordance with the needs of the post.

Desirable Skills

• Awareness of the issues facing people with a learning disability and their families throughout their lives.
• Understanding of barriers to employment for people with a learning disability.
• Experience of effective negotiation and mediation.

Further Information

The role requires the ability to travel to meetings, events and training, as well as to other Mencap locations when required. On occasions, staff may be required to work outside normal office hours. This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.