Employment Support Advisor

Do you have experience of working with people with a learning disability? Or maybe you have experience within the education sector? Yes, then we may have the role for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and self-motivated Employment Support Advisor to join our Employ Me team in Loughborough. This role is part-time (20 hours per week) and on a 1 year fixed term contract, based from our Loughborough retail store. 

We are looking for individuals who can work on their own initiative, have good communication skills across all levels, interpersonal skills and be approachable.

This is an exciting new role developed to work alongside our Retail team supporting retail volunteers with a learning disability to develop their skills, knowledge and behaviours. You will work collaboratively with Mencap's Retail and Volunteer team, local employers, Job Centre Plus and support agencies to support people individually to develop plans and activities which will take them closer to paid employment.  

As an Employment Support Advisor, you will develop a programme of delivery, supporting volunteers to develop their skills in the retail setting through job coaching and support to develop their employability skills through, developing CVs, exploring ways to look for work and preparing for interviews.  

Do you have the key skills and requirements to be a Employment Support Advisor?: 

·         Experience of supporting people 

·         Experience of delivering against targets 

·         Knowledge of safe working practices 

·         Knowledge of employability sector 

·         A-C/9-4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent) 

·         Good ICT skills 

·         Effective Communicator 

·         Effective record keeping and reporting        

Job ID: 31252 

As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.

• 24 days holiday, pro-rata (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
• Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
• Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
• Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
• Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
• Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support

*T&C's apply based on contract

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.  

Our work includes;

• providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
• providing advice through our help lines and web sites