The postholder will be expected to operate in line with our values which are:
Justice, Equity, Trust, Collaboration and Compassion.
Overview:
All roles at OPFS contribute to our mission of working with and for single parent families, providing support services that enable them to achieve their potential and help create lasting solutions to poverty and the barriers facing many single parents and their children.
Main Duties:
The Employability Support Worker will be responsible to the Regional Coordinator / Employment Lead and will work as a member of OPFS Employability Service, to provide employability services for single parents in Angus/Dundee to support them to secure employment, education, or training.
Person Specifications:
Essential
1. Qualification: A relevant professional qualification or a good standard of education equivalent to HNC/HND, SVQ3 /4 and combined with relevant experience.
2.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
3.Highly organised and motivated.
4. Knowledge of issues affecting single parents in Angus/Dundee.
5.Experience of liaising and partnership working as a team and with other agencies.
6. Strong IT skills.
7.Commitment to professional development.
9. Flexibility to meet the needs of the service.
10. Driving license and use of a vehicle.
Desirable
Experience of group work: candidates should preferably have had experience of running groups and understand group work issues or a willingness to learn.
Experience of work with single parents: Prior experience of work with single parent families in a voluntary sector or statutory context would be helpful.
This role is part time, salary displayed will be prorated to 17.5 hours per week.