Employ Me Caseworker (North Powys)

Are you passionate about supporting people with a learning disability to gain new skills, develop and secure paid employment? Mencap Cymru are seeking an Employment Caseworker to help deliver our new, Admiral Insurance-funded, Employ Me project in North Powys.

As the Employment Caseworker, you will play a vital role in supporting people with a learning disability living in North Powys to gain skills to help them into paid employment. You will assess any support needs, develop their skills, knowledge and experience that lead to paid employment.

Working alongside the Programme Lead, you will also support local employers to better understand the needs of potential employees with a learning disability.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a caseload of individuals, ensuring contractual targets are achieved for the specific contract that they are working on
• Ensuring packages of support are delivered based upon assessment, support needs and agreed action plans
• Ensuring that individuals develop the skills to be able to enter paid employment within timescales and targets set by Mencap and the specific contract.
• Increasing the number of people with a learning disability into paid employment by establishing strong relationships with employers at a local level
• Ensuring that appropriate in-work support is provided for people gaining work skills in a real work setting and for people who have gained paid work and require in-work support to sustain their employment

What We’re Looking For

• A positive attitude and enthusiasm to support people with learning disabilities
• Knowledge and experience of supporting people with a learning disability in an employment, social care or day service provision but with an proven ability to adhere to agreed delivery models
• Ability to communicate with different audiences using different formats
• An ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• An ability to plan and manage your own workload and build professional relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Experience of reporting and recording progress and achievement
• A track record of securing paid work outcomes and delivering to targets
• Understanding of working in a person-centred way
• Knowledge of the job market

Please see the attached full job description.

Ydych chi'n angerddol am gefnogi pobl ag anabledd dysgu i ennill sgiliau newydd, datblygu a sicrhau cyflogaeth â thâl? Mae Mencap Cymru yn chwilio am Weithiwr Achos Cyflogaeth i helpu i gyflawni ein prosiect Cyflogwch Fi newydd, a ariennir gan Yswiriant Admiral, yng Ngogledd Powys.

Mae'r rôl hon yn llawn amser (37.5 awr yr wythnos), i ddechrau tan 31 Mawrth 2027, gyda'r posibilrwydd o estyniad tan Fawrth 2029, yn dibynnu ar gyflawni canlyniadau.

Fel y Gweithiwr Achos Cyflogaeth, byddwch yn chwarae rhan hanfodol wrth gefnogi pobl ag anabledd dysgu sy'n byw yng Ngogledd Powys i ennill sgiliau i'w helpu i gael cyflogaeth â thâl. Byddwch yn asesu unrhyw anghenion cymorth, yn datblygu eu sgiliau, eu gwybodaeth a'u profiad sy'n arwain at gyflogaeth â thâl.

Gan weithio ochr yn ochr â'r Arweinydd Rhaglen, byddwch hefyd yn cefnogi cyflogwyr lleol i ddeall anghenion darpar weithwyr ag anabledd dysgu yn well.

Bydd eich cyfrifoldebau'n cynnwys:

• Rheoli llwyth achosion o unigolion, gan sicrhau bod targedau cytundebol yn cael eu cyflawni ar gyfer y contract penodol y maent yn gweithio arno
• Sicrhau bod pecynnau cymorth yn cael eu cyflwyno yn seiliedig ar asesiad, anghenion cymorth a chynlluniau gweithredu y cytunwyd arnynt
• Sicrhau bod unigolion yn datblygu'r sgiliau i allu mynd i mewn i gyflogaeth â thâl o fewn yr amserlenni a'r targedau a osodwyd gan Mencap a'r contract penodol
• Cynyddu nifer y bobl ag anabledd dysgu sy'n cael cyflogaeth â thâl drwy sefydlu perthnasoedd cryf â chyflogwyr ar lefel leol
• Sicrhau bod cefnogaeth briodol yn y gwaith yn cael ei darparu i bobl sy'n ennill sgiliau gwaith mewn lleoliad gwaith go iawn ac i bobl sydd wedi ennill gwaith â thâl ac sydd angen cefnogaeth yn y gwaith i gynnal eu cyflogaeth

Yr Hyn Rydym yn Chwilio Amdano

• Agwedd gadarnhaol a brwdfrydedd i gefnogi pobl ag anableddau dysgu
• Gwybodaeth a phrofiad o gefnogi pobl ag anabledd dysgu mewn darpariaeth cyflogaeth, gofal cymdeithasol neu wasanaeth dydd ond gyda gallu profedig i lynu wrth fodelau cyflawni y cytunwyd arnynt
• Y gallu i gyfathrebu â gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd gan ddefnyddio gwahanol fformatau
• Y gallu i weithio'n annibynnol yn ogystal ag fel rhan o dîm
• Y gallu i gynllunio a rheoli eich llwyth gwaith eich hun ac adeiladu perthnasoedd proffesiynol gydag amrywiaeth o randdeiliaid
• rofiad o adrodd a chofnodi cynnydd a chyflawniad
• Hanes o sicrhau canlyniadau gwaith â thâl a chyflawni targedau
• Dealltwriaeth o weithio mewn ffordd sy'n canolbwyntio ar y person
• Gwybodaeth am y farchnad swyddi

Gweler y disgrifiad swydd llawn sydd ynghlwm.

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.

Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

· Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

· Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes

· Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.