Keyworker - Work Live Leicestershire

REF: WiLLKW

Please note: The closing date for this vacancy has passed, and we are no longer accepting applications.

  • Location Leicester, LE1
  • Hours 37 hrs per week
  • Pay £28,414.17 per annum
  • Closing date: 19 Jul 2019, 11:59 p.m.

Work Live Leicestershire helps people to improve their health and wellbeing, gain skills and work experience, and have improved confidence, motivation and social engagement, that enables them to move into job search, training, or employment. 

The programme is a partnership of 9 organisations from across Leicestershire with Vista leading the programme. The programme runs from January 2019 - June 2020.

Vista is seeking an additional Keyworkers to join our team and support individual participants on the Work Live Leicestershire programme. This will facilitate them to move into or closer to employment, training or job search. The role involves regular travel across Leicestershire primarily in the areas of North West Leicestershire, Market Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth and Melton Mowbray.

Essential skills:

·        Experience of working in a keyworker type role.

·        Experience of working with adults from a range of backgrounds

·        Experience in working across organisations and supporting people in a variety of activities.

·        IT experience, including MS Office applications, and email/internet, 

This is a fixed term post until June 2020, we would ideally like to successful candidate to join us as soon as possible.

Part Time (30) hours will be considered; pro rota

Closing Date:  Friday 19 July 2019 – Midnight

Interviews: Monday 29 July & Tuesday 30 July 2019

If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume you have regrettably not been selected for interview on this occasion.

If the posts are filled before the closing date then the advert will close early. 

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS.

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