Supported Employment Practice Advisor

Supported Employment Practice Advisor

Supported Employment Quality Framework
Fixed-term contract: initially for 1 year
Full-time: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Flexible / home-based, with national travel as required

Do you have a passion for quality assurance, supported employment and improving outcomes for people with a learning disability?

Are you confident in reviewing evidence, identifying what good practice looks like and supporting teams to make meaningful improvements?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

We are looking for a Supported Employment Practice Advisor to join Mencap’s Quality team on a full-time, fixed-term contract initially for 1 year. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in strengthening the quality, consistency and impact of Mencap’s Supported Employment services.

In this role, you will support the implementation and continuous improvement of the Supported Employment Quality Framework across Mencap’s Supported Employment provision. You will work alongside frontline colleagues, managers and key internal stakeholders to help embed consistent, evidence-based quality practices that support people with a learning disability to move towards, secure and sustain paid employment.

What will you do as the Supported Employment Practice Advisor?

You will help services understand what strong, person-centred supported employment practice looks like and how it can be developed further. This will include:

• Carrying out quality reviews, observations, evidence sampling and thematic analysis to support sharing of good practice, provide clear recommendations to drive continuous improvement.
• Supporting teams to identify strengths, risks and areas for improvement, enabling services to evidence impact of their work.
• Helping teams prepare for external quality validation, including Supported Employment Quality Assurance or Local Authority reviews.
• Contributing to the development of consistent approaches to quality assurance and standardisation across employment services.

This is a role where your knowledge, curiosity and ability to support others will make a real difference. You will be helping teams to celebrate what is working well, understand where improvements are needed and take practical steps that lead to better outcomes for people with a learning disability.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience of quality assurance, quality improvement or service improvement activity.
• Understands supported employment principles and approaches that help people secure and sustain paid work.
• Has a good understanding of the barriers people with a learning disability may face when seeking, gaining and maintaining employment.
• Is confident coaching, mentoring and facilitating learning with colleagues.
• Communicates clearly and can build positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Can work independently, manage competing priorities and collaborate across geographically dispersed teams.
• Shares Mencap’s values and is committed to safeguarding and improving outcomes for people with a learning disability.

If you are passionate about quality, inclusion and making supported employment the best it can be, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by uploading your up-to-date work history. You will have an opportunity to add a covering statement in your application that explains why you are interested in the role and how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the person specification.

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• 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.