The post will involve working at neighbourhood level in North Belfast to support the development of an employment service infrastructure to improve the potential of long-term unemployed, economically inactive and workless people to gain employment.
This post is part of the LEMIS+ Project, a Belfast wide employment project implemented by a consortium of organisation led by Ashton Community Trust. The other LEMIS+ Project Partnership organisations are
- GEMS NI
- Upper Springfield Development Trust
- Impact Training
- East Belfast Mission
The key tasks and responsibilities include providing a structured programme of advice and support in career planning for the long-term unemployed, economically inactive and workless people and those individuals and groups that experience the “benefit trap” including young people and those vulnerable to becoming long term unemployed; and undertaking initial assessments of barriers and registrations complete assessment using agreed and bespoke diagnostic tools. Develop and implement and individual action plans to overcome barriers to employment, outlining goals, actions and outcomes