Manager, Social Work

Employer Solutions Manager Salary: £31,950.45

Location:

HMP Durham and HMP Holme House primarily and covering all prison sites across the region as required.

Contract:

Full Time Permanent We are currently seeking an Employer Solutions Manager for our Justice team. To identify, engage and manage new relationships with public and private sector employer organisations with the aim of securing sustainable employment opportunities for participants whilst in custody and on release A focus of this role is partnership working You will liaise regularly with:
Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) teams. Prison Employment Leads. Education Managers and Education Leads. Resettlement Teams. Probation Practitioners. Community employment providers. Local employers and recruitment agencies. Third-sector organisations and specialist support services. You will attend partnership meetings, case reviews, and multi-agency forums to ensure participants receive coordinated support and develop employment opportunities and referral pathways that improve participant outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing:
Employability Support: 121 support for participants to uncover job goals, promote job readiness and support with applications and interviews.

Collaboration:

Working closely with Community Hub and prison teams to arrange employer events, job fairs, and promote training programmes that support participants' rehabilitation and employment prospects. Stakeholder Engagement:
Building relationships with Employers, Employer groups, Participants, Local Authorities, DWP and other stakeholders as required. Compliance:
Ensuring full compliance with contractual requirements. Build and maintain effective working relationships with key prison and community stakeholders. Job requirements

What We're Looking For:

Account Management

Skills:

Possess a strong understanding of business development, meeting performance targets and account management. Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to engage credibly with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. IT

Skills:

To accurately maintain relevant IT systems and produce accurate and timely management information Conduct one-to-one employment support sessions and group, identifying individual employment goals and action plans.