LSE Supported Employment Officer

Are you passionate about supporting residents with learning disabilities and/ or autism into work? Are you looking for a fresh new challenge within a dynamic team?

The Team

The Supported Employment Team assist local people to access employment via placements and traineeships hosted at external organisations or temporary appointments within the Council. We work with clients who may need additional and targeted support such as care leavers, people with learning disabilities, women returning to the labour market, people aged 50plus and any other group who is furthest labour.

This role is a FTC until 31st March 2025. We are looking for someone creative and energetic who can lead this new project, supporting individuals with learning disabilities and/ or autism into sustainable employment.

You will have:

• Creative approach to working with those with learning disabilities and/ or autism
• Confident communication skills with an ability to engage multiple stakeholders at a time
• Ability to manage a caseload of clients and support their progression to enhance wellbeing and dignity
• A proactive approach to making a real difference to the lives of our residents
• Attention to detail to data management when using a CRM system and maintaining client records
• Able to multi-task and stay calm under pressure when dealing with multiple stakeholders
• An understanding the 5-stage model of Supported Employment

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Laurel Hunter, LSE Team Leader on Laurel.hunter@towerhamlets.gov.uk

About Tower Hamlets – The Best of London in one borough!

Tower Hamlets is one of the UK's most culturally vibrant and diverse areas, at the heart of London's East End. Our vision is that local communities will be independent, strong and vibrant. We want you to be part of the future that we are creating, and to help us make a difference.

We are proud of our values because they demonstrate how we work. We have five core values:

• Together - We work TOGETHER across boundaries and with partners to achieve the best outcomes for Tower Hamlets
• Open and honest - We are OPEN and transparent
• Willing - We are WILLING to challenge, innovate and be accountable
• Excellence - We empower each other to be EXCELLENT and go the extra mile
• Respect - We RESPECT all communities; they are the heart of everything we do

Applications close 10th March 2024.

Tower Hamlets is a modern, forward thinking local authority, offering flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave, local government pension scheme and other staff benefits.

This post is open to the following types of applicants: Redeployees/ Internal/ External/ Agency

An enhanced DBS will be required for this role.

If this role is available to Internal employees only, this will include agency workers but does not include independent contractors or WorkPath trainees

All applications should be made via our online application system, no CV’s or alternative forms of applications are accepted. Internal employees should apply via the council's Intranet. External applicants apply via the Council's website www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/careers 

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough. 

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.