Outreach Officer Steps to Employment Project (StEP)
Outreach Officer
Steps to Employment Project (StEP)
Salary: £23,460.43 (£20,924 pro rata)
Closing Date: 9.00am Wednesday 6th March 2024
ECHO’s Steps to Employment Project (StEP) is a National Lottery Community Fund supported programme that builds on the success of our previous Inclusive Volunteering Project.
The StEP supports individuals as volunteers in ECHO projects, and in addition identifies volunteering, work experience and employment opportunities outside of ECHO for a diverse range of beneficiaries. This includes ECHO participants, supported volunteers and people from local communities who have a disability.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, motivated and proactive individual to the Steps to Employment Project as an Outreach Officer, to work collaboratively with the Volunteer Manager and Volunteer Coordinator of the StEP.
The Outreach Officer is tasked with actively recruiting StEP beneficiaries in creative ways. They will prepare the beneficiary for their placement through a series of individual and group training sessions and workshops including: upskilling in IT, literacy, numeracy, work skills and the social and emotional challenges of being in a professional workplace. They will also work closely with the Department of Work and Pensions to minimise or negate loss of benefit where applicable.
Through networking, the Outreach Officer will establish, build and strengthen new and existing partnerships with local organisations and companies. This will consolidate the volunteering and employment support network across the county and break down barriers and challenge preconceptions of disability and employment.
Liaising with host companies they will guide on implementing reasonable adjustments in the workplace for beneficiaries where required. They will offer training around being a disability confident employer, ensuring each beneficiary has a bespoke opportunity, tailored to their skills, interests, talents and support needs.
Ideally the successful candidate will have experience of supporting disabled people either professionally or in their personal life, but a demonstration of commitment to this area of work or experience with other vulnerable groups will also be considered.
ECHO is a charity mainly working with people with moderate or severe learning difficulties. We also support people with mental health needs or who have physical or sensory impairments. ECHO runs 30 different activities each week in community settings across Herefordshire and is committed to providing services that promote choice, rights and independence for people with disabilities in Herefordshire. We make sure that we involve and inform people with disabilities about the services we provide.
It is a part time appointment of 33 hours per week. Hours to be spread between 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday (working pattern open to negotiation). This will be based in Leominster with travel to our ECHO projects in Leominster and Hereford required. However, on occasion the Outreach Officer will need to work outside of these times, which may include evenings or weekends.
*Previous applicants need not apply
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Roz Johnson, Volunteer Manager of the StEP on:
01568 620 307 or email roz.johnson@echoherefordshire.co.uk
Click on the links below for a job description, how to apply and application form.
Outreach Officer StEP – job description and specification
