Hours: Full and Part Time roles available
Reporting to: Project Manager
Location: Carlisle
About us
Groundwork aims to be the UK’s leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work. This programme will deliver Groundwork’s mission of supporting people to improve their prospects and reach their full potential.
Working as a member of the Employment Team, you will engage on a 1:1 basis with our employment programme participants, establishing and maintaining excellent relationships to understand and meet their individual needs. You will develop personal action plans which enable movement of these people towards and into further sustainable employment. You will work in a friendly, busy employment team environment to ensure programme performance targets are consistently achieved to meet requirements of the allocated contract.
This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
A bit about you
We want someone like you with the confidence to positively engage and motivate people from a wide range of backgrounds. In your role, you will work closely with the local community and employers, supporting referrals onto the programme and identifying employment opportunities. You will enable participants to develop valuable work-based skills and gain knowledge. Your role will require you to be supportive and understanding, able to deal with any issues that may arise confidently. You will have strong interpersonal skills and be able to adapt them depending on what you are dealing with, with communication at different levels being key in this role.
Want to apply?
Great! All you need to do is complete the application form below.
Closing date: Midnight on Saturday 31st August 2024
Make yourself at home
We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your differences and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.
At Groundwork, we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children, and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people, and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people, and adults.
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