LD Employment Team Leader

Job overview

As Employment Team Leader your role will be to support and develop a strong and innovative employment team to enable Adults with Learning Disabilities living in Enfield to gain person centred valued worker roles, allowing for Employment for All regardless of Disability. You will have responsibility to co-ordinate & evidence the provision of mainly LD employment services into the community.

As a clinician you will provide a comprehensive and effective assessment and treatment service to your complex caseload. You will be required to provide specialist intervention primarily in the community.

As an OT in Equals – employment for all is the goal. Using personalised interventions, employer relationships and partnerships, to support those with learning difficulties and long-term conditions (pan-disability).

The ILDS provides health and social care to adults with learning disabilities living in Enfield. The service consists of health and social care staff which include SW ,Nursing, SLTs, AT, psychology, psychiatry and specialists’ teams including Equals employment team.

The role aims to bridge the gap and empower equal opportunities for employment for those vulnerable individuals with learning disabilities. As a core principle in OT is ‘Equality’ this is our ethos in the Equals department of the Integrated Learning Disabilities team (ILDS) of Enfield.

The team delivers SEQF -Connect to Work a working knowledge of this would be beneficial

Main duties of the job

To manage the day to day running of the Equals Employment Team to get adults with Learning Disabilities living in Enfield into paid Employment

To work with Employers to identify suitable job roles, job carving and making reasonable adjustments in the workplace along with Risk assessments and support me plans, enabling successful placement and maintenance of employment

Using a strength based, person-centred approach to identify client skills, support systems required and valued work placements

To work with Assessment and Care management to ensure employment goals are reviewed and met. Ensuring the team review all Equals only package clients are reviewed annually.

To work creatively with the team to maximise employment opportunities for people with disabilities who are furthest from the job market enabling them to meet their aspirations in worker roles

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work with the Service manager to ensure that the Employment Service works to its allocated financial resources & accessing and running with further funding streams to maximise the impact of the Team
• This role will require the postholder to use and be responsible for a company payment card to use for one of purchases as assessed and in line with direct payment policies and procedures
• This role will require the Therapist to be financially aware of the impact that getting a paid job has on an individual’s benefits &livelihood.
• You will be required to carry out financial assessments, filling in care and support plans including personal budgets
• You will be required to work with DWP enabling Service users to access available funding streams and support
• Due to the integrated relationship with the social care team, the nature of the role may occasionally require OT to take case to panel to agree funding for resident/service user.