Job Description

LOCATION:


Employment Support Team 41d St Catherines Road Perth, PH1 5SJ


SALARY:


30,689 - 32,866 per year


CONTRACT TYPE:


Temporary


POSITION TYPE:


Full Time


HOURS:


36 hours per week


WORK FROM HOME:


Hybrid



We currently have the following opportunity:



Employment Support Officer (Fixed Term until 31 March 2026) - PKC12909
30,689 - 32,866
Employment Support Team, 41d St Catherine's Road, Perth


This is an exciting opportunity to join the HSCP's Employment Support Team.



Do you have experience of supporting people with learning disabilities, severe and enduring mental health conditions, autism, acquired brain injury, physical disabilities and sensory loss?



If so, the post holder will provide an employability service for adults who have a range of barriers to access work.



Do you have an understanding of what is needed to help people get a job and keep a job?



If so, you will also provide quality in-work support to people which will involve working alongside the person to help them learn the job role in a variety of work sectors and locations such as recycling, horticulture, retail, office, leisure and hospitality.



Are you the right person to support others, work on your own, with our team, and work professionally with employers?



If so, as a valuable team member, you will be responsible for supporting individuals on a caseload through all 5 stages of the employability pipeline. You will be working with employers throughout the whole of Perth and Kinross area and progressing work related opportunities. You will liaise with colleagues, customers, service users, employers, parents and carers and other professionals.



Are you able to get around, as you will have the opportunity to work across Perth & Kinross? If so, driving is a job requirement to be able to carry out a function that is intrinsic to the operational needs of the service.



The role requires some home working as well as working in various localities in Perth and Kinross.

Skills & Experience Required

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Do you have Ambition, Compassion, and Integrity? Yes? Then you will have something to offer.



Are you a dynamic individual who is confident, motivated and creative? Yes? Then you will be able to support individuals with disabilities / disadvantages to access paid employment in a wide variety of sectors.



As an employee, experience of working in an employability related area supporting vulnerable adults, and an awareness of Health & Safety would be desirable. You will be expected to advocate for people with barriers to employment and promote equality in a diverse range of workplaces.



Do you have excellent communication skills including verbal, non-verbal and written. Yes? You will be able to use these skills, along with IT skills to work on own initiative and as part of a busy team. We offer employees the ability to work flexibly from home and in the community during ever changing circumstances, to effectively support clients and the service.



Do you want to learn and have the ability to undertake a qualification? Yes? Ideally you will have an SVQ 2 in health and social care and a supported employment qualification as a minimum, but we can help you to achieve this.

Working at Perth & Kinross Council

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values and behaviours

influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities. In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our

values and behaviours

.