Employability Support Worker, Dundee

• Help eligible single parents to identify their future goals, assess motivation, develop personal development plans and help in their implementation through individual and group work.
• Identify barriers to employment, education or training and work with single parents to address those barriers.
• Build links with organisations and groups across Angus, to identify eligible single parents interested in progressing towards suitable employment, education or training.
• Support single parents into suitable employment, to provide a continuum of consistent support on OPFS clients employability pathway journey into suitable and sustainable employment.
• Co-ordinate and deliver a range of employability activities to enable single parents facing additional barriers to employment to develop participants core knowledge and skills, helping to increase their access to available employment, training and education opportunities.
• Undertake activities in communities to actively reach eligible single parents as a basis to support their learning and development and engage them in early work preparation and employer matching activities to support positive change within their lives.
• Provide job ready single parents with the help participants need with job searching, interviews, securing and sustaining suitable employment.
• Provide single parents living with continued support on entering employment, to help parents sustain their jobs.
• Develop knowledge of services related to employment, training, education, childcare and other support. Develop an effective network of referral agencies to support clients’ needs.
• Signpost single parents to services that will address their needs.
• Liaise with OPFS Financial team to offer better off calculations and access to debt support.
• Ensure effective recording, monitoring and evaluation procedures are implemented.
• Other Relevant duties: Carrying out any other relevant duties related to the above.

Essential experience:

• Qualification: A relevant professional qualification or a good standard of education equivalent to HNC/HND, SVQ3 /4 and combined with relevant experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organised and motivated.
• Knowledge of issues affecting single parents in Dundee.
• Experience of liaising and partnership working as a team and with other agencies.
• Strong IT skills.
• Commitment to professional development.
• Flexibility to meet the needs of the service.
• Driving license and use of a vehicle.

Desirable

• Experience of group work: candidates should preferably have had experience of running groups and understand group work issues or a willingness to learn.
• Experience of work with single parents: Prior experience of work with single parent families in a voluntary sector or statutory context would be helpful.

Period of appointment: The appointment is funded for 12 mths (possible extension subject to funding) Confirmation of  appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a 3-month probationary period, Standard Disclosure Check and receipt of references.

Salary: The salary range would be point 13-17 £26,640 – £32,560 (pro-rata). Starting salary is dependent upon skills, qualifications and experience.

Hours of work: We have a variety of hours available, Monday to Friday

Holidays: Holidays are 25 working days and 12 Public holidays (pro-rata)

Pension: Once the appointment has been confirmed you are eligible to join the Employer’s Pension scheme with the Pensions Trust. OPFS pays 7% of your salary and you pay a minimum of 3%. If you are already in a pension scheme, other arrangements may be possible.

Training and Support and Supervision: You will receive induction training and frequent support in the first three months. Thereafter, you will receive monthly individual support and supervision from the Manager and annual appraisals. Regular team meetings are held, and staff have access to internal and external training.

Equal Opportunities and Family Friendly employment: OPFS aims to be an equal opportunities and family friendly employer. The post is open to job sharing. We have Investors in People status.

Disclosure Check: This post requires a satisfactory standard disclosure check.