Employment Advisor - Youth Services

Unity Works has an exciting opportunity available for a Employment Advisor – Youth Servicesto join our team in Central London. You will join us on a full-time, Fixed Term contract ending on 31st March 2025. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £28,998.75 per annum.

Dynamic? Effective? Creative?

Passionate about supporting young people with a learning disability to navigate the complex pathways of choosing their future? We are looking for you!

At Unity Works, our vision is an inclusive world where people with a learning disability who want to work, can work. 

Join us as we start up our pioneering programme funded through UKSPF focusing on empowering young individuals with a learning disability who are currently, or at risk of, becoming NEET to find their future pathway. 

This new service aims to offer a holistic, person centred approach to supporting individuals navigate this challenging period in juggling expectations of others and establishing their own identity and goals. We are looking for a team of innovative and empowering individuals who are defiant in their approach to helping young people build their strengths, define their aspirations, and achieve greatness. 

About the Employment Advisor – Youth Services role:

With the disadvantages they experience, younger people with a learning disability/autism can very often be told they are incapable of work. This creates a deep-rooted negative self-belief that risks becoming a self-fulfilling prediction. Working alongside our Health & Wellbeing Coaches, our Employment Advisors will be supporting individuals to address these barriers; equipping and enabling individuals to gain employment and offering personalised support from:

• Reviewing education, training and/or jobs that would match them best
• Exploring experience of work through visits, job fairs, taster sessions and placements
• Supporting with applications, interview and in-work support
• Empowering a self-belief in working and evidencing an individuals distance travelled on the project

Why Us?

• Unity Works is a small team with a big heart.
• Our staff utilize their dedication, expertise, and backgrounds to tackle the obstacles faced by individuals with a learning disability, ensuring that they have access to equal opportunities for securing and maintaining fulfilling employment.
• Our work is hugely rewarding and fulfilling.
• We prioritize work-life balance, offering family friendly policies and flexible working hours.
• We provide various mental health and well-being support options, ensuring the holistic care of our staff team.
• From annual leave to birthdays off, pension schemes, retail and health discount schemes (such as Blue Light Care, cashback schemes, cycle2work) supporting our staff to excel in their role is crucial.
• Access to a range of development & training opportunities to further progress your career.

What do you need to become our Employment Advisor – Youth Services?

• You will operate from a strengths-based approach with young people. Recognizing their talents and enabling them to feel inspired and motivated to engage in a sustainable pathway to employment and achieve a fulfilling career
• You will be flexible and a good communicator, working with, and supporting people from all different walks of life and backgrounds, so no day will be the same
• You will have a great ear and understanding of the complexities facing young people with a learning disability navigating their transitions out of education and into employment because you will be completing assessments with individuals
• Using your approachable and adaptive nature you will develop a strong rapport that allows individuals to seek questions, discover their own qualities and feel empowered to find opportunities that match their skill sets
• You want to experience the joy of seeing a young person grow and shape their own futures
• You are self-motivated and will enjoy working as part of a team that works to not only identify challenges facing young people but actively works to overcome them

If you have a passion for making a difference to peoples lives, consider a career as a Employment Advisor – Youth Services with Thera Group, please click "apply" now - we would like to hear from you 

We reserve the right to close this advert before the closing deadline if we interview and offer the right candidate.

Unity Works understands the collective impact a diverse and inclusive team can bring. That is why we welcome applicants from all cultures, background and experiences.

As a disability confident leader, we support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the governments Access to Work scheme.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. For purposes of this act, you must declare any convictions or cautions that you have received, including these that would otherwise be spent. This role is subject to a relevant DBS check should you be offered the position.