Senior Employment Specialist

Job Description

Senior Employment Specialist - Good Work Skills Temporary - 5 month contract - Full TimeCan you empower someone to make positive long-term changes to their livesFollowing expansion, we have an exciting opportunity for two individuals to join our Good Work Skills Team as community based Senior Employment Specialists.As a Senior employment Specialist you will provide individual support to customers, faced with barriers into employment, to gain sustainable paid work. You will feel comfortable working from a base within the South Yorkshire area, covering areas such asSheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham and across different projects in a fast paced environment.Who you are:We are looking for someone who has a previous educational / training background, particularly in one to one coaching and group work sessions. Holding an academic teaching or training qualification is not essential but desirable. A people centred approachto work and the local community.Our successful candidate will meet the criteria below:

• Have previous teaching/training background
• Support customers in a strength based, solution focused way
• Be confident developing and delivering skills training in the local community
• Have the ability to adjust plans depending on customer needs
• Have excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office/Office 365 and Customer Databases) and can record information accurately

• Experience of coaching team members

• Possess an ability and/or passion to engage with employers to secure outcomes for customers and source opportunities
• Hold a full valid driving license and access to a vehicle for work is desirable

• Deliver employability coaching and other relevant training as required.
• Provide specialist field mentoring to help improve employment specialists professional skills (e.g. observing sessions and providing feedback)
• Experience in designing and delivering employment focused training

You will:

• Manage a caseload using strengths-based coaching with customers with health conditions and any other barriers into work to enable them to secure and sustain employment
• Build relationships with employers to understand their recruitment needs in order to source individualised employment opportunities for our customers
• Work with employers to support their employees who are struggling due to their condition to thrive in the workplace
• Work with health partners to provide an integrated, holistic employment service
• Motivate customers, to ensure continual engagement and to ensure that customers are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to move into sustainable employment
• We are supporting the team with their development by funding a level 3 Award in education and Training. If this would be beneficial to the right candidate the this is something we would happily accommodate too

Our 2 new recruits will take a lead role in one of the following key areas:

• Designing and hosting area specific Employer, Skills and Development workshops.

• Collaborating with employers to ensure our training offer addresses skills gaps, with a focus on emerging priority areas.

• Collaborating with partners to strengthen support for specific groups of learners.

For our perfect candidate we are offering a flexible role, working in a caring and friendly team, with a great package of benefits. If you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you!Our Benefits

• Starting Salary: £31,276 (plus Essential Car User allowance of £94.36 per month plus mileage expenses dependant on holding a full driving license and access to a vehicle)
• Working hours: Full and part time hours. Flexible working which can include evenings and weekends depending on needs of customers.
• Generous holiday entitlement - 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days.
• Pension contribution
• Excellent Flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time and job share.
• Excellent benefits including:
  • SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on healthy eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
  • Westfield Health (employer paid)
  • Counselling
  • Discounted Gym membership
  • Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you including access to the Institute of Employability Professionals.

Who we are:At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways - from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can accessin their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications fromall backgrounds.Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.For the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 this is an excluded job.Closing Date: 18/2/24