Lead Employment and Training Consultant

Job title:

Lead Employment and Training Consultant

Company

The Growth Company

Job description

The Growth Company’s (GC) Employment team have an exciting new opportunity for an IPS (Individual Placement Support) Lead Employment and Training Consultant to facilitate the progression of individuals in recovery into employment and sustained employment, by supporting the Service Manager with day-to-day delivery arrangements, including coordinating staffing and delivery resources.This role will cover Crewe and Macclesfield and surrounding areas.We help to make a lasting difference to the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond, by supporting individuals and addressing a wide range of wellbeing concerns, including emotional wellbeing needs, positive lifestyle changes, concerns around the family and addressing social isolation.Our highly skilled advisers and keyworkers work with a range of individuals; from people who have found themselves recently out of work, to those with complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health, and debt.Key Responsibilities:

• To case manage customers who have been referred to substance misuse services and provide advocacy, mentoring, advice and guidance and ‘employability’ interventions that meet the needs of individual customers to progress them into employment and sustained employment.
• Observations are completed within the required timescales, detailed caseload reviews are carried out, supporting and develop staff within the office to achieve their own targets.
• Deliver training/information sessions to ETC’s as required, run team meetings in the absence of the service manager, deal with customer complaints, ensure monthly performance is recorded and a high level of attention to detail is used to ensure minimum errors.
• Ensure that there is rigorous adherence to contract compliance and that robust checks are carried out on the information inputted (CRIS); and train staff where needed to ensure information is correct.
• Carry out both one to one and group activities as part of customer interventions including initial assessments, inductions, and personal development and job search sessions.
• Seek ways to continuously improve service and own performance and report to Manager on this.
• Networking, marketing, and promotion of service to partner organisations and customers.
• Record and Update information on (CRIS) and achieve high standards of compliance.

About you:

• Working with customers in treatment for substance misuse and/ or disaffected and marginalized from mainstream services, training, guidance, advice & counselling environments.
• Knowledge in relation to the issues affecting people in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction (5 Ways to Wellbeing i.e. Give, Be Active, Learn, Connect, Take Notice.
• Excellent knowledge of the local labour market, methods of recruitment and growth industries.
• Good knowledge of welfare to work and the customer base.
• Treatment and health providers, National Probation Services, HM Prison environments of training, education & employment opportunities locally & nationally.
• A warm, approachable empathetic style and the ability to establish a rapport and build relationships with customers in recovery from alcohol or drug addiction.

Skills Required:

• NVQ level 4 in Advice & Guidance, or equivalent and be willing to work towards appropriate qualifications as required.
• The ability to work under pressure in a high-performance environment.
• Well-developed IT skills, including MI systems, spreadsheets, diaries, and email.
• Ability to work to Key performance indicators and challenging targets.
• Administration, strong accuracy, numeracy, and literacy.
• Ability to network and promote the organisation, Strong integrity, and data security.
• Time management, problem solving and strong organisation skills.

LocationCheshire EastBusiness Area Logoemployment.jpgCompany LogoWork Company (ESF)CompanyEmploymentContract typePermanent/ Full- timeSalaryUp to £31,000 per annumAdvert Brandemployment.jpgClosing Date22/10/2024Ref No4338Documents(Word, 37.59kb)We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at or call us on 0161 237 4447.All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

Expected salary

£31000 per year

Location

Cheshire

Job date

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 02:31:54 GMT

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