Do you have a passion for helping people?

Do you have excellent communication and customer service skills?

Do you want to work for one of the best employability providers in Scotland?

Would you like to help someone with barriers to work find their dream job?

Then come and work for Enable Works.

Your role, as Employment Coordinator is to provide support to young people who have barriers to work, to make progress towards and achieve well paid, sustainable employment. You will work in the local community engaging with young people face to face on a one to one and/or group basis to profile their skills and aspirations for work.

Enable Works are the leading specialist provider of employability services for people who have barriers to work. We believe that every person in Scotland has the right to work in a job that is high quality and well paid.

Enable Works supports over 5500 people every year across 28 Local Authorities to learn skills for work.

We partner with thousands of employers to create inclusive cultures and improve the diversity of Scotland's workforce.

We are incredibly proud of our smart, capable, and motivated colleagues across Scotland and following a period of significant growth we are looking to grow our team.

We offer a generous salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

We offer flexible working practices that promote a strong work/life balance so that when you are at work you can be the best version of you.

Values are more important to us than qualifications or experience, so if you don’t think you meet every requirement that’s ok, we still want to hear from you.

Please make sure you include a detailed personal statement in the ‘More about you’ section of the application to tell us how you are suited to the post.

About You

We really need you to have these

• The drive, energy and commitment to support young people to gain an aspiration for work as they transition from school
• Ability to build relationships with employers to offer opportunities for our young people
• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise as needed
• Confident communicator
• Strong attention to detail
• Professional presentation and personality
• Some knowledge of the local community
• Ability to work with people at any age who have challenging barriers to employment
• IT literacy
• Comfortable working towards targets
• A natural, professional relationship builder
• A full driving licence

Why?

Our vision is that every person in Scotland is able to access the support they need to find a high-quality job that pays them well and your drive and commitment to this job will help them get there. You will recognise each client’s individual skills and aspirations and work with them to find a job that they love.

Our culture is autonomous so that means we trust you to make the right decisions for your clients, therefore you need to manage your work load well and be accountable for your time. Attention to detail is important as it means you can work accurately and follow instructions.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loans

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

We currently have vacancies for Volunteer Directors within our service.

We are a registered charity working with the community to provide wheelchairs and powered equipment for people with mobility difficulties.

This enables easier access to the main shopping areas in Dunfermline, Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy.

The board normally meet on a quarterly basis, currently online (Teams).

Knowledge of the voluntary sector is desirable.

Information on the service can be found at shopmobilityfife.uk.

Are you looking to make that step up the ladder in social care? Visualise Scotland, an Edinburgh and East Lothian based organisation, are recruiting for a Senior Support Worker to join our Housing Support services. We are looking for committed, determined people who are caring and passionate in what they do. If you have an SVQ 2/3 or an HNC (or equivalent) in Health & Social Care and at least one year experience supporting profoundly disabled people, this could be the job for you.

In exchange for your motivation, commitment, and care, we pay £28,782.00 per annum and provide excellent training and development opportunities.

We are seeking people with inclusive and caring values, to support amazing people who may have a sensory, learning, or physical disability to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives. You would be working with our service management team to ensure that people who use our services are provided with the highest quality of care. You will be based in one service, and you will be line managed by a Service Manager. This role also involves on-call responsibilities.

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay
• BHSF Rise- Free Confidential Advice and Support
• AIG Smart Health- Mental Health Support and Access to GP 24/7
• Hospital Saturday Fund- Contributory Scheme that covers Optical and Dental Expenditure, Physiotherapy, Hospital Stays and surgery.

Experience:

• supervisory: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• SVQ 2/3 or HNC (or equivalent) in Health & Social Care (required)

Work Location: In person

This is an exciting post to develop Lead Scotland Befriending Services to take forward our strategic ambition.

The successful applicant will:

1. Work with the management team to extend our local projects and explore wider coverage of services.
2. Lead the development of:
   1. High-quality befriending opportunities, with links to our Learning Service.
   2. Online volunteer training resources/programmes.
3. Enable more disabled people and carers to engage with befriending services which lead to a range of positive outcomes, including positive transition into learning services where appropriate.
4. Manage befriending projects, contracts, and partnerships.
5. Home-based in Fife to ensure close contact with our existing Befriending Services.

This post will suit someone who is passionate about the power of befriending services to reduce loneliness and isolation, and who has a track record of successfully managing people and projects.

You will need very good digital skills and excellent communication skills to balance a busy workload, supporting our strategic growth agenda and creating the conditions for staff and volunteers to flourish.

This post is home-based, with remote working generally focused on administrative aspects as there will be a significant element of leading the service through in-person partnership networking and team support/development. A satisfactory PVG will be required. Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy.

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on your covering letter. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats. Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.