Employment Caseworker

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Are you able to work on your own initiative? Do you have good communication skills, interpersonal skills and be approachable across all levels? Great we may have the role you are looking for.....
Mencap's Employ Me team provide supported employment programmes for people with a learning disability, learning difficulty and autism. We have an exciting opportunity for an Employ Me Caseworker to join our team to deliver a programme of employment support with a logistics company.
As an Employment Caseworker you will work with partners to develop innovative and inclusive programmes that will support people to develop skills, knowledge and experience that will lead to paid employment opportunities.
The programme will be delivered across 3 sites Daventry; Milton Keynes and Bedford.
This role is full time (37.5 hours per week) contracted to March 2025.
Our Employ Me programme offers a wide range of benefits to people with a learning disability:
- Raise aspirations
- Build skills and confidence
- Have a better understanding of employment
- Show employers what they can do
- Progress towards paid work
The successful Employment Caseworker will directly support job seekers with a learning disability, difficulty and autism, delivering 2 weeks of employability skills sessions and support 10 weeks of paid work experience.
3 x 12 week programme will be delivered in the host businesses premises in Daventry; Milton Keynes and Bedford.
You will work collaboratively and develop partnerships with a key stakeholders, for example Job Centre Plus, to identify participants for the programme, department managers to ensure participants develop the rights skills and knowledge to meet the employers needs and achieve paid work.
At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!
This role will close on Sunday 25th February and interviews will be via MS Teams shortly afterwards.
If you would like to know anymore information about the position, then please contact Kirsty from our recruitment team on 01733873765
Job ID: 31027
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.
Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
- 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
- Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
- Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
- Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
- Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to award winning training and development
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.
Our work includes;
- providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
- providing advice through our help lines and web sites

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme