Employment Roles Facilitator

Remuneration Salary Scale (Pro-rata):

ME Instructor Basic Pay Scale: €36,291 - €52,406 per annum basic before premium pay (pro-rata), commensurate with qualifications and experience. All new entrants to the Public Service will start at the first point of the above salary scale

Essential

• Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree, Higher Diploma or postgraduate qualification

• Applicants must possess the competencies and skills appropriate to working with persons with an intellectual disability

• Full Clean Drivers Licence

• Demonstrate initiative, good interpersonal and teamwork skills

• Excellent report writing and organisational skills

• Good IT skills

Corlann Clare services reserves the right to determine relevant qualifications for the post

Role Description:

The Vocational Training and Streetwise Programmes supports individuals in a two-year programme focusing on Employment, Training and Valued Roles. This programme aims to enable people with intellectual disabilities to plan, develop their goals and exercise choice focused on key outcomes of the programme. It offers QQI/Level 1-4 major award(s) i.e. Employability Skills or a series of minor awards may also be achieved.

The movement towards greater community inclusion and active citizenship for people with disabilities will be a key part of the process of making sure that people can hold socially valued roles.

The designate of the specialist service provider should make sure that people with disabilities can explore what for them, would represent valued social roles in their community. Information and familiarisation with the concept of holding valued social roles may be necessary.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Link the learner to employment and role opportunities and adhere to the targets set in the annual Business Plan. Implement the standards of the Specialist Training Provision and operational guidelines provided by the LCETB. Responsible for identifying potential employers, assessing the suitability of the employment location, particularly with regards health and safety requirements and negotiating placements for clients.

• Responsible for completing a job analysis, detailing the requirements of the job, skills needed to complete the job and any other relevant details, which would facilitate the identification of suitable placement.

• Complete a personal profile in line with the Individual Action Plan, outlining details relevant to work or valued roles. Support the person to identify possible roles in relation to employment, education/training and personal development.

• Working with each person to develop their skills, competencies and developmental needs in order to make a positive contribution in their placement. Leading and facilitating planning for each person to develop their own support arrangement for travel to and from a placement(s).

• Ensure that the individual is guided and supported prior to and during the employment placement to facilitate independence in the workplace.

• Provide coaching, training and support to the person carrying out the duties of their job with ongoing reviews. Establish, measure and develop each individual’s network of natural supports.

• Identify a possible mentor within the employment setting to facilitate full integration of the individual with a disability into the workforce.

• Maintain adequate records and produce reports or statistical information relating to the project.

• Maintain good working relationships with colleagues.

• Ensure that the person is treated with respect and dignity and active community citizenship is openly promoted.

• Ensure that high professional standards and confidentiality are maintained at all times.

• Ensure that any accident to supported persons, staff or third party is reported promptly to Management and HR.

• There is a strong emphasis on quality of service delivery and continuous improvement within the organisation. It is vital that all staff co-operate fully with measures to improve of the quality of service delivery including becoming fully conversant with new technological advances and partake in in-service and external courses to ensure that one is kept up-to-date and better able to fulfil one’s role.

• In the organisation, there is a strong emphasis on teamwork and it is therefore essential to foster good working relationships with all of the people with whom you will come in contact with.

• Be fully conversant with all procedures within the service in matters of alleged abuse.

• Be prepared to undertake additional reasonable demands as may be made by future structural and administrative developments within the Service.

• Perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the line manager. The duties must be carried out in person at all times.

• Ensure all practices are in line with the Specialist Training Provider Operational Guidelines and the agreed Business plan with the LCETB.

• Be conscious of Health & Safety matters in the workplace and, in particular, to comply with employees’ obligations as set out under

Section 9 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005. (Ensure that the procedures set out in the Safety Statement are implemented at all times. Become familiar with and practise fire drill procedures within places of work, i.e. fire detection, evacuation and firefighting.

This Job Description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the position, it is subject to regular review and amendment as necessary.