Job Category : Human Resources
Location : WOOD GREEN LIBRARY, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £18.58
The Specialist Employment Advisor will be based at The Grove working with Haringey Works the Council’s employment delivery team. The postholder will engage with a range of services already working with the criminal justice project to identify, engage and then provide intensive job-focused support to a small caseload of adult individuals who are experiencing problems with illegal drugs and may also have a history of criminal offending.
The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach has proven to be a successful delivery model for supporting people experiencing mental ill health to secure meaningful employment. We intend to apply the same model for people with substance misuse issues.
The Specialist Employment Advisor role is designed to support the delivery of Haringey’s Good Economy Employment and Skills Recovery Action Plan which takes a targeted response to reduce the unemployment rate amongst those most impacted by COVID-19 through person-centred, strengths-based employment support.
As this role is initially for a 12 month contract, the post holder should have track record of effectively supporting people with substance misuse issues to secure and sustain employment and be confident at using the IPS model into employment.
We are looking for someone who is dynamic, patient and can build trust, rapport, motivate and empower residents to overcome barriers to employment and achieve realistic job goals being an advocate for that resident where needed.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Detailed knowledge of local employment, training and public health services available to residents
1. Good understanding of how the criminal justice sector interacts with adults at risk of crime and violent activities
2. A good overview the political environment of local government and understanding of how the IPS and other comparable models work. Desirable
3. Understanding of Welfare Benefit rules and how these affect unemployed, disabled people with health and social care needs and/ or mental ill health conditions, returning to work. Also, an understanding of in-work benefits. Desirable
4. Detailed knowledge of key economic development issues and understanding in relation to employment, education, training and skills including barriers and interventions/programmes tackling worklessness and welfare reform
5. Experience of working in a solutions-focussed person-centred way and able to assess suitability of provision from an asset-based approach.
6. Experience of delivering programmes/projects supporting people from disadvantaged communities, and/or with complex needs and constraints into sustained employment
7. Experience of contributing to the development and management of multi-agency partnership projects or programmes
Experience of mainstreaming equalities issues.