Into Work
Into Work

Charity registered in Scotland SC028327

Into Work is a specialised employment support service working with people with disabilities or long-term health conditions

Current vacancies

Training Support Officer

  • Part time
  • £22,977 – £24,584 pro-rata
  • Remote: Must be based in Scotland in commuting distance of Into Work’s Edinburgh Office.
  • Closing 20th February 2025

We seek a highly organised Training Support Officer to provide essential administrative and coordination support to our growing Training and Consultancy team (currently three Trainers and a Training Lead). The postholder will be the main contact for neurodivergent people interested in joining our peer-led sessions, and for enquiries about upcoming courses and bespoke employer training we can offer.

Our training team provides an expanding portfolio of lived experience-led online and in-person training and support for employers. Much of the training we deliver is bespoke, designed to meet the needs of individual employers or work teams. The team also run courses and themed sessions for autistic job-seekers and employees under our grant funded ‘Aut Support Works’ project.

This is an opportunity to join our enthusiastic, supportive and dedicated team at an exciting time of growth and innovation. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality, lived experience-based training and support which makes a real difference to neurodivergent employees and their employers.

The post provides an opportunity for a skilled individual to play a key role in improving and designing effective systems for an expanding service.

Organisational Profile

For over 30 years, Into Work has been helping disabled people, neurodivergent people and people with long-term health conditions find, build and maintain great jobs. We work towards a world where disabled people have equity to take up employment and receive fair treatment in work. For more info, visit intowork.org.uk.

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Lived Experience Trainer

  • Part time
  • £25,775 – £27,690 pro-rata
  • Hybrid: Working from home and in-person in Edinburgh, Lothians
  • Closing 3rd March 2025

The Lived Experience Trainer (neurodiversity focus) will work closely with our existing team of three Lived Experience Trainers and the Lived Experience and Training Lead. They will develop and deliver bespoke and standard Neurodiversity training to a range of public, private and third sector employers. The focus of our training is to improve employers’ understanding of neurodivergence in the workplace and to help employers develop more inclusive recruitment, induction, management practices and work environments.

For this lived experience role, it is essential that the Trainer is lifelong neurodivergent (i.e. is autistic and/or has ADHD, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, Tourette’s/tic disorder or another lifelong neurodivergence). You will need to be comfortable with openly disclosing and discussing related workplace experiences in a training context.

This is an opportunity to join our enthusiastic, supportive and dedicated team at an exciting time of growth and innovation. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality, lived experience-based training and support which makes a real difference to neurodivergent employees and their employers.

This post could be worked in conjunction with the currently advertised Peer Facilitator post by an autistic candidate. If you would like to be considered for both roles, please clearly state this at the top of the open box question titled Reason for application.

Organisational Profile

For over 30 years, Into Work has been helping disabled people, neurodivergent people and people with long-term health conditions find, build and maintain great jobs. We work towards a world where disabled people have equity to take up employment and receive fair treatment in work. For more info, visit intowork.org.uk.

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Peer Facilitator

  • Part time
  • £25,775 – £27,690 pro-rata
  • Hybrid: Working from home and in-person in Edinburgh, Lothians
  • Closing 3rd March 2025

The Peer Facilitator (autism focus) will work closely with the existing autistic Peer Facilitator and team of Lived Experience Trainers and the Lived Experience and Training Lead. Building on our existing 8-week ‘Aut Support Works!’ course and open sessions, they will co-develop and deliver peer group sessions for autistic job-seekers and workers.

The Peer Facilitator will be supported to develop their facilitation and training skills and to input their lived experience persuasively and strategically to the sessions, with a focus on identifying solutions and positive outcomes for individual participants. For this Lived Experience role, it is essential that the Peer Facilitator is autistic (by formal diagnosis or self-identified). You will need to be comfortable with openly disclosing and with discussing related workplace experiences in group and open online sessions.

This is an opportunity to join our enthusiastic, supportive and dedicated team at an exciting time of growth and innovation. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality, lived experience-based support and training, which makes a real difference to neurodivergent job-seekers, workers and their employers.

Organisational Profile

For over 30 years, Into Work has been helping disabled people, neurodivergent people and people with long-term health conditions find, build and maintain great jobs. We work towards a world where disabled people have equity to take up employment and receive fair treatment in work. For more info, visit intowork.org.uk.

This post could be worked in conjunction with the currently advertised Lived Experience Trainer post. If you would like to be considered for both roles, please clearly state this at the top of the open box question titled Reason for application.

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