At a Glance
- Tasks: Mentor individuals with barriers to employment, helping them develop skills and secure jobs.
- Company: Join Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, a diverse and inclusive employer.
- Benefits: Supportive work environment, career development opportunities, and a chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Be part of a community-focused initiative that values diversity and equality.
- Why this job: Empower others to overcome challenges and achieve their employment goals.
- Qualifications: Experience in mentoring or support roles; Welsh language skills are a plus.
The predicted salary is between 25522 - 31194 £ per year.
The Connect to Work programme is a government initiative aimed at helping individuals on a voluntary basis with disabilities, health conditions and complex barriers to find employment and sustain work. Community Employment Specialist Mentors will provide intensive one-to-one mentoring to participants with additional needs and complex barriers to help them identify and take practical steps to overcome barriers that are preventing them moving forward onto identified training and employment.
The role will form part of an integral part of the Department of Work and Pensions, Connect to Work Programme. You will support a caseload of participants who are formally enrolled onto the Individual Placement Support model (IPS) and the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF), as identified as being eligible to receive which service under the programme. You will be required to develop and implement their action plans, addressing barriers to employment, developing employability skills and securing employment whilst actively promoting the services of the programme to a wide range of stakeholders, including the development of a new relationship with health-related services.
You will motivate and support participants to move into and most importantly, sustain employment. You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential. Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process. All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.
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