Inclusive Employment Adviser (Part-Time)
Location: Reading (office-based with occasional outreach)
Hours: 15 hours per week (approx. 2 flexible days)
Salary: £30,000 pro rata
Help create inclusive employment opportunities that improve health, wellbeing and independence.
Fedcap UK is seeking a passionate Inclusive Employment Adviser to support Reading residents with autism and/or learning disabilities to access and sustain meaningful employment.
Working with both participants and employers, you will help identify suitable job opportunities and provide guidance on workplace adjustments, wellbeing support and inclusive employment practices to ensure individuals can thrive at work.
What You’ll Do:
• Conduct pre-work assessments with participants to understand health, wellbeing and workplace needs.
• Support individuals with autism and learning disabilities into appropriate work placements.
• Provide advice on workplace adjustments and inclusive job design.
• Develop tailored in-work health and wellbeing support plans.
• Liaise with Access to Work and other support services.
• Identify employment opportunities and promote candidates directly to employers.
• Build relationships with employers and HR teams across the local labour market.
• Encourage inclusive recruitment for individuals with disabilities and additional support needs.
• Work with health professionals and partners to support smooth transitions into employment.
• Deliver employer engagement activity and agreed performance targets.
What You’ll Bring:
• Experience supporting individuals with health conditions, autism or learning disabilities into employment.
• Strong communicator able to engage confidently with employers and participants.
• Knowledge of workplace adjustments and wellbeing support.
• Empathetic, organised and able to self-manage workload.
• Comfortable working in a target-driven environment.
About Us
Fedcap UK is a not-for-profit organisation committed to improving people’s economic mobility. We transform lives by helping people access work, health and learning opportunities. As part of The Fedcap Group – a global charity with 90 years of experience – we work across four specialist practice areas and have supported more than 113,000 people since 2019.
Here’s what makes Fedcap a rewarding career…
At Fedcap, we’re proud to offer a comprehensive and rewarding benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, development and work-life balance:
Join Fedcap and help create more inclusive workplaces while improving the health, wellbeing and independence of people across Reading.
Fedcap UK is committed to equal opportunities throughout recruitment and selection, in line with our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion policy and the Equality Act 2010. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively welcome applications from disabled people and will support reasonable adjustments where needed.
We are also proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, encouraging applications from veterans, reservists, and military families.
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Mission: To create opportunities for people by designing and delivering innovative, sustainable solutions and creating measurable changes for those who are socially disadvantaged.
Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Employment Scotland delivers employability solutions across the UK to build communities through a blend of local frontline professional teams and like-minded supply chain partners, using innovative and tested ideas developed both locally and internationally.
Our service is designed to give each individual the best opportunity according to his/her abilities and needs. Our programs provide targeted employment supports to a range of underserved groups, including single parents, people who were previously incarcerated and individuals with health, mental health and/or substance use conditions.
Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Employment Scotland joined The Fedcap Group in 2018.
Website:
http://www.fedcapemployment.org/
For 87 years, The Fedcap Group has developed scalable, innovative and potentially disruptive solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs. The Fedcap Group is the parent company of a growing number of top-tier nonprofit agencies dedicated to serving over 250,000 children and adults each year across the United States and the United Kingdom. The Fedcap Group provides educational services to every age group, vocational training in high-growth labor industries, behavioral health services, work readiness skill-building and jobs—all targeted to helping people achieve long-term self-sufficiency.
The work of The Fedcap Group is structured within four major practice areas: Education, Workforce Development, Health and Economic Development, which are strategically aligned for maximum impact.
The Fedcap Group also invests its time and resources in broader systems change—working in partnership with federal, state and local government to improve the way services are designed, funded and delivered.
