At Mencap, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to work, grow and thrive. Our Employ Me team helps people with a learning disability, learning difficulty and autism build the confidence, skills and real work experience they need to move into meaningful, sustained employment.

Every day, our teams see the life-changing impact that good employment support can have—stories celebrated across our Good News blog. From individuals gaining their very first job, to people discovering passions they never knew they had, our employment programmes open doors, shift expectations and help people achieve independence and pride.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Employment Specialist to deliver Mencap’s Connect to Work programme across Newcastle-under-Lyme.

• The Employ Me Caseworker is central to the delivery of agreed supported employment models that support people with learning disabilities, difficulties and autism to develop skills, knowledge and experience that lead to paid employment 
• They will report into a Programme Coordinator who will be responsible for the delivery of Employ Me contracts across a geographical area. 
• They will be accountable for the progression of a caseload of individuals ensuring contractual targets are achieved for the specific contract that they are working on  
• They will ensure packages of support are delivered based upon assessment, support needs and agreed action plans 
• They will be responsible for ensuring that individuals develop the skills to be able to enter paid employment within timescales and targets set by Mencap and the specific contract. 

For the full job description, including the key areas of responsibilities and accountabilities, please click the 'apply now' button. 

Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion strategy is focused on achieving equality through equity – acknowledging the existence of current and historical inequalities and proactively putting in place, positive action, and adjustments to remove these barriers to equal access and opportunities for everyone we work with and for.

• Motivated and able to work independently
• A great communicator, able to build trust with participants and employers
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Comfortable supporting a caseload of up to 20 individuals
• Passionate about inclusion, employment rights and supporting people to achieve their goals

This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements, please look at the full job description for further information.