Summary
Progress2Work in Cardiff & The Vale of Glamorgan is a service delivered by Turning Point Cymru in partnership with Jobcentre plus. It provides unemployed people who have a history of substance misuse with support and practical help to enable their return to education, training and employment.
Employer Profile
As the UK’s leading social care organisation, Turning Point is a provider of specialist and integrated services that meet the needs of individuals, families and communities across England and Wales.
We’ve been operating for over 40 years now, which means we are highly experienced in caring for, and about, people with complex needs. We have a track record of finding innovative ways of delivering services to maximise effectiveness and reach as many people as possible.
Whether our service users come to us with drug or alcohol problems, mental health issues, a learning disability or a combination of these, we are able to offer integrated services that respond to the needs of each individual.
By tailoring our services, we create individual ways to support our service users to face their personal challenges. We can support them to keep a stable home, find the right job, learn new skills or rebuild family relationships and help them to maximise the opportunities in their lives.
A social enterprise
Turning Point is a social enterprise reinvesting its surplus to provide the best services in the right locations for those that need them most across mental health, learning disability, substances misuse and employment.
We aim to influence policy and shape the market to transform the quality and availability of care.
Job Role
You will help service users to "turn their lives around" by supporting them, in practical ways, to obtain employment and/or access training. Ideally, you will already have experience in the ield of employment support, drug services or training. A positive, "can do" approach and a willingness to undertake further training are essential.
Additional Information
Fixed Term, 6 months.
We firmly believe in equality and diversity and actively promote them in
everything we do.
How To Apply
For more information about these positions or to obtain an application pack,
please contact jon.jones@turning-point.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can call 02920 232650 quoting the relevant reference number
and stating where you saw this advertisement.
Ref: R204N9883
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