Employment Advisor

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.  

Bexley Business & Employment is based at Atrium Court in Erith and we have been providing support for unemployed/underemployed Bexley residents for more than 20 years.  We offer a menu of support from which participants can pick including individually tailored advice and guidance around job search and employment, support to gain employability skills, computerised job search facilities and access to local vacancies.     

As a Client Advisor on the Work & Health programme you will work with adult job seekers who are preparing to move into employment, helping them to identify and address the barriers that make this difficult by providing exemplary case management, including  support, advice, advocacy and signposting to relevant services.

  
You will develop and maintain an action plan with each job seeker, agreeing a range of range activities, to enable and inspire individuals to achieve sustained employment and non-employment progression measures, including improving wellbeing, self-confidence and level of independence. 

You will work in partnership with a wide variety of local agencies and colleagues within the team to provide the best support to individuals. 

Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information. 

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Gillian Martin, Team Leader, Work & Health Programme on 0203 045 3025 or gillian.martin@bexley.gov.uk. 

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached. 

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date. 

Are you highly organised with a passion for helping people? Do you have a background in mental or physical health and understand how health barriers can impact those seeking employment?

Do you think you have the enthusiasm and drive  to help  those who face challenging barriers that make getting and keeping a job difficult? Can you work to targets and deadlines?  If so, you could be the person we are looking for! 

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached. 

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of a Standard Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 

Use the ‘Apply for vacancy’ button. 

Anticipated Interview Date: w/c 8 April 2024 

Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload. 

If any mandatory fields are missing, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please check your Junk email for any correspondence. 

Additional Information 

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  recruitment@bexley.gov.uk.  

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.