Recovery Connections are looking to recruit an Employment Specialist in a full-time role based in Hartlepool. You would be part of their friendly committed, professional IPS employment team.
Deadline: 19th February 2025
* North East
* Full-time
Job Overview
Recovery Connections is a lived experience recovery organisation (LERO) providing a range of support and intervention for those striving for and achieving recovery. All applicants are required to complete an application form, which you can receive from us by messaging us on LinkedIn, or writing to recruitment@recoveryconnections.org.uk.
This role is a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.
Role
The Employment Specialist will manage a caseload of approximately 25 people in drug and alcohol treatment services who wish to return to or start paid employment. The individuals you work with will be supported for up to 9 months, plus up to 4 months of in-work support.
The Employment Specialist will be required to build effective working relationships with local employers, training providers, and colleges to secure employment and education opportunities for people in community treatment for substance misuse, including ensuring the service is focused on accessing the ‘hidden’ labour market.
There is a requirement to provide job development and job search activities directed toward positions that are individualised to the interests and uniqueness of the people supported, whilst following the evidence-based principles and procedures of IPS supported employment.
Ongoing support will be required according to both the employee and employer’s needs to enable people who have experienced dependency on drugs and/or alcohol to retain employment once secured.
Work experience placements and those job seeking will require help and advice to apply for posts in open employment.
Responsibilities
Line Management Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Senior Employment Specialist, manage a caseload of people currently in community-based treatment services for drug and/or alcohol dependence who are unemployed and wish to secure paid employment.
Main Duties:
* Prepare individuals for employment through assessing each person’s individual employment needs through vocational profiling, and then actively support them to achieve their employment goals, in partnership with the clinical team.
* Promote the benefits of supporting clients to access employment within the clinical team and external employers, aiming to raise the profile of IPS services and raise expectations around the ability of clients to access paid employment.
* Work with client key workers and clinical staff, including through case conferencing, to ensure that clients receive appropriate support from everyone involved in their care during the return-to-work process.
* Provide advice and support to employers, as agreed with the individual, which may include negotiating adjustments and ongoing contact with supervisors to ensure job retention.
* Assess individual support needs related to work, which might typically include help with welfare benefits, travel to work, managing health at work, etc.
* Work flexibly on occasion as required by clients and employers, which may require some working out of normal office hours.
* Promote the profile of employment and working embedded within the team to raise expectations around the ability of clients to attain paid work.
See job description for person specification and other details.
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