View Vacancy -- Specialist Employment Advisor - Youth at Risk

About Haringey Works 

Haringey Works is Haringey Council’s in-house employment support service and plays a vital role in supporting the Council’s commitment to provide access to skills, development, training, and sustainable jobs for residents. We provide employment and career support services to residents which include information advice and guidance, CV writing, one to one case work, interview preparation and job search support – and the Employment Advisor position plays a central role in the delivery of these services.

About the role
• The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach has proven to be a successful delivery model for supporting people experiencing mental ill health secure meaningful employment. The Specialist Employment Advisor – Youth at Risk Role is a new role which will pilot a similar approach to the IPS model for young people aged 18+ at risk of violence.

• This role brings together a range of services already working with young people at risk to identify, engage and then provide intensive job-focused support so that more young people will secure meaningful and sustainable employment, providing a route out of potential criminal and possibly violent activity.

• This Specialist role will deliver personalised, intensive support to young people, empowering and enabling them to make positive decisions to fulfil their true potential.

About you
The successful candidate will have:

• A good understanding of the criminal justice sector and how local young people at risk may interact with these as well as a good understanding of the challenges faced by young people at risk of crime and violent activities.

• A solid understanding of the evidence based IPS model piloted in Public Health and adapt this approach to develop an employment support model for young people at risk.

• To be willing to try new approaches to employment support and have personal and direct experience of current recruitment practices.

Benefits:
Flexible working hours, 30 days + bank holidays, excellent pension scheme, plus training opportunities.

Closing date: 1st December 2020
Interview date: 11th December 2020