Employment Development Worker
toucan employment

Job Description

Toucan Employment is the UK's longest-running supported employment charity for people with learning difficulties/disabilities and autism. We work to support clients into sustainable employment suitable to their skills, interests, and support needs, as well as offering holistic support.

Since 1989 we have supported 1000s of clients into sustainable employment with all the major supermarkets, London hotels, the Houses of Parliament, football clubs, and many smaller employers.

Toucan Employment is seeking an experienced employment adviser and job coach to lead on our Southwark Works project in South London. Working from our Southwark office with occasional travel across London you will be providing 1:1 employment and job coaching support to up to 30 Southwark residents.

The successful applicant will be a passionate about tackling the obstacles people with learning difficulties/disabilities and autism face in finding work. You will be able to work to your own imitative and be able to engage with a range of stakeholders including businesses, training providers, clients with learning difficulties/disabilities and autism, their parents and carers and partner organisations.

You will be working in line with the Toucan Employment project strategy and will have experience of monitoring and evaluation, working to tight deadlines and demanding targets as well as providing information advice and guidance.

A highly rewarding job for a person with energy, resilience and the ability to organise their own time and schedule.

We are looking for a friendly, empathetic, and determined employment worker to support clients into, and at, employment. We are a small, but efficient charity. Come join our friendly and collaborative team working from a beautiful building in Camberwell.

You will receive 23 days off per annum (pro rata) as well as public holidays.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressing the points in the person specification.

Closing date is 5th July 2024

Interviews are anticipated to be 11th and 12th July 2024

Application Instructions

Please write a short cover letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification.