Employment Consultant

As Employment Consultant, you will support the senior leadership team and work alongside the prison peer led team, helping recruiters in custody to identify and support candidates.

• Build strong relationships with the relevant prison staff and Inside Job recruiters.
• Support the West Midlands Programme Lead to engage employers and plan monthly interviews.
• Build relationships with local and national employers and to promote the service.
• Support the team to develop a strategy to identify and target local and national employers.
• Develop effective relationships with internal and external agencies, making appropriate onward referrals, signposting service users to support services to support their rehabilitation.
• Building relationships with local Probation offices and staff, DWP/Local Authority initiatives and Police & Crime Commissioner/Violence Reduction Unit and any other official and/or relevant third sector/voluntary organisations to deliver end to end support for people leaving prison.
• Encourage Candidates to engage with other professional and service providers such as community mental health teams and support groups.
• Ensure that the Inside Job portal is accurately updated; milestones are completed; and documents and notes are recorded in real time.