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Employment and Skills Officer

Employer
Ideal for All
Location
Sandwell, West Midlands
Salary
from £19647 to £21615 per annum FTE depending on Skills and Experiences
Closing date
10 Aug 2021

Job Details

We are recruiting for a “Employment and Skills Officer”. If you can demonstrate excellent employment support skills, organisation and communication abilities and are able to process information accurately and efficiently we would welcome your application. 

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate outstanding attention to detail in planning and delivery of a variety of tailored employment and skills activities in community settings and across Ideal for All operational sites (in line with funder and project requirements). The candidate must have experience in employability support, mentoring/coaching  people with disabilities and long-term conditions. Must have a keen interest in using expertise to support people furthest from the jobs market into employment by improving skills and confidence and through brokerage with employers. The ideal candidate is likely to have relevant experience of supporting contracts or projects and experience of working on ESF projects is desirable.

This role is part-funded through the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund. Post Salary £19,647 - £21,615 per annum (FTE) depending on Skills and Experience.

Please apply by sending your CV with covering letter to recruitment@idealforall.co.uk or call 0121 558 5555 for more information.

This post is fixed term until June 2022, subject to funding. Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.  This information is available on request and can be provided in accessible formats. Closing date for applications – Friday 23rd July 2021 at 12pm.

Ideal for All Ltd

Registered Charity No. 1070112 – Company Limited by Guarantee No. 03196518

Company

Making life better for all of us

Ideal for All is a user-led registered charity and social enterprise working to make life better for disabled, elderly and vulnerable people and their carers.

We are proud to be a user-led organisation with an active membership of nearly 3,500 individuals who are heard, engaged, and represented in our vision, values, and principles and in the way we co-design and deliver services to meet their needs.

We have supported more than 23,000 individuals since we were established in 1996 with information, guidance, and access to a range of independent living activities, direct payment services, employability programmes, health and wellbeing projects, and peer support groups.

Based in Sandwell, our team deliver services across the West Midlands and neighbouring regions. We are an award-winning provider of person-centred services that achieve positive outcomes for people in terms of improvements in mental and physical health and wellbeing, reduced isolation, improved knowledge, skills and opportunities, employability, and increased independence.

Our Vision

To empower and enable disabled and disadvantaged people and their families, carers, support workers and local communities, regardless of age, or background to fulfil their potential as active citizens and fully participate in society and the neighbourhoods in which they live. 

Our Values

Our person-centred approach considers the whole person, focusing on individual’s unique qualities, abilities, preferences and needs. Equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. By working in partnership with local people, statutory and voluntary sector organisations, Ideal for All aims to create environments and communities where the abilities of disabled people are recognised and promoted to support independent, positive, and meaningful lives.

We involve and enable users to continually develop our services to meet their changing needs; recognising areas of sustainable development and working hard to utilise these for their benefit. We support and encourage positive involvement and opportunity for:

  • Pro-active joint working initiated at community and professional level: combating isolation and supporting diversity through building trusted networks and business.
  • Positive environmental impact: working to increase and maintain urban biodiversity long term, utilising innovative ways to reduce our impact on the world we share.
  • Economic revitalisation of communities: ensuring funds and income generated is spent locally, using disabled peoples skills, experiences and our own proven track record to lever additional funding and attract business.
Company info
Website
Telephone
0121 558 5555
Location
100, Oldbury Road,
Smethwick
West Midlands
B66 1JE
GB

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