Job Title: Employment Support Worker - Supported Internship Team

Length of assignment: 13 weeks initially
Hours per week: This post is casual/ad hoc and will be approximately 20 hours per week, but this isn't guaranteed
Hourly rate: £13.47 PAYE / £16.95 umbrella

Location: Shropshire Council
Remote/Office based: This is a hands on post and you will be required to travel around the Shropshire area

1. Provide support in community leisure or employment activities for people with disabilities or health difficulties within the community.
2. Provide support with travel training for individuals who would like to be able to travel independently
3. Liaise with employers, parents and carers to develop effective working relationships and ensure community engagement.
4. Work intensively with service users on employer's premises using a variety of techniques to teach the skills necessary to carry out a particular job or task.
5. Promote an understanding of disability amongst community based services, employers and other employees to ensure the positive integration of service users into the workforce.
6. Undertake job searching on behalf of service users through using Jobcentre Plus resources, internet sites, volunteer agencies and other media.
7. Work on a one to one basis with service users in a variety of leisure, community and vocational settings without direct supervision.
8. Develop service users' personal and social interactions and networks within the workplace or community.
9. Use initiative to develop individualised and appropriate work based development and training methods.
10. Support service users in a way which encourages independence and the development of new skills.
11. Ensure health and safety in the work place is maintained for all service users on voluntary work experience placements and paid employment.
12. Provide a high degree of support before and during community activities, work experience and paid employment to service users.
13. Assist the Employment Officers and Employment Support Coordinator in the carrying out of their duties, and work under their day to day guidance.
14. The post holder will, on an ad-hoc basis, provide assistance to other parts of Enable services on a level appropriate to the post.
15. Ensure that service user needs are communicated to the appropriate people, and in particular, to the Employment Support Coordinator, the Employment Officers and the Manager, Enable.
16. Maintain files and records in accordance with Departmental and Enable policies and procedures.
17. Ensure that confidentiality of service users is maintained.
18. Develop an awareness and understanding of issues related to equal opportunities and anti discriminatory practice and demonstrate this in the carrying out of your duties.
19. To take an active part in identified training, development and continuing personal and vocational development.
20. Comply with safe systems of work in accordance with the Directorate's Health, safety and Welfare policies and procedures.
21. You may be required to carry out manual handling duties involving the handling and moving of clients in accordance with the Manual Handling Operations Regulations.

The above duties are an illustrative outline and are not an exhaustive list. You will be expected to become involved in a range of work to enable the service to respond effectively to the changing requirements of the Council and changes affecting the workforce.