Darlington Borough Council

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TITLE : Employment Support Officer Location: Darlington United Kingdom Job Description: Employment Support Officer (Ref: POS015560) Hours and Pay Salary £32,061 Salary Band £30,001 to £40,000 Post Type Fixed Term Hours Per Week Please see advert text Job and Application details Categories Youth / Community / Leisure Services [FIXED TERM] Darlington Borough Council's Skills and Employability team are looking for a new team of enthusiastic individuals to join us and deliver impactful employability programmes in Darlington. About the Role As an Employment Support Officer, you will work directly with participants who face multiple challenges in accessing the job market. Your role will be to provide tailored support, guidance, and motivation to help individuals build confidence, develop skills, and take meaningful steps toward employment or training across two key groups: - Economically inactive adults of working age, including: - People aged 50+ who have retired early, - Individuals caring for family or managing household responsibilities, - Those temporarily out of work due to short-term health conditions. - Those with health issues, mental or physical, and long term who want to work. - Those currently on a FIT Note but have an employer. - Young people aged 16-21, supporting them into employment, apprenticeships, or further training. The successful candidate will have; - Experience working with individuals facing complex barriers to employment, - Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage and motivate diverse groups, - Empathy and patience, to support individuals with varying needs and backgrounds, - Knowledge of local services and opportunities, including training providers and employers, - Organisational skills, to manage caseloads, track progress, and meet programme targets, - Confidence using digital tools, including email, video conferencing, and case management systems, - A solution-focused mindset, with the ability to adapt and respond to challenges. - Experience od supported employment, specifically Fidelity assurance. Available Roles The below list shows the 6 fixed term Employment Support Officer roles that we are recruiting for including the varying contract lenghts and contrated hours: 2x Full Time, 3 year contract. 1x Full Time, 10 month contract. 1x Full Time, 9 month contract. 1x Part Time 0.6 (3 days a week), 2 year contract. 1x Part Time 0.5 (2.5 days a week), 9 month contract. If you have a specific preference for working hours, can you please ensure you clearly add this at the beginning of the suitability statement (Part Time Only / Full Time Only). Rewards The rewards for working at Darlington Borough Council go beyond the salary you will receive; we could have numerous additional benefits such as: - 32 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays, with option to purchase additional Annual Leave (pro-rata for part time working) - Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions - Flexi-time scheme - Flexible working - Generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave schemes - Staff equality forums - Access to a wide range of training, learning and development - Physiotherapy service - Confidential counselling service - Great wellbeing offer - Cycle to Work Scheme - Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discounts - Local and National retailer discounts - Vivup employee benefit app and Lifestyle Savings - Arriva Employee Travel Club For the full range of benefits we offer, please see our Why work for us internet page, which also includes our Total Reward Booklet and Employee Benefit Video.

Library Engagement Assistant (Cockerton Library) (Ref: POS000458) Location: Darlington, England United Kingdom Part time On-site Hours and Pay Salary £25,583 per annum (pro rata) Salary Band £20,001 to £30,000 Post Type Permanent Hours Per Week Part time Job and Application details Categories Libraries Directorate N/A Job Description: Darlington Libraries aim to provide a high quality, engagement led, customer focused library and information service to a wide range of users. While also offering a wide range of events and activities aimed at promoting and encouraging language, literacy, culture and digital education. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our customer facing team at our branch Library. The successful candidate will help to run our day to day service and create exciting engagement opportunities that promote our vision. They will be able to engage with a wide variety of audiences both in branch and at outreach events promoting all aspects and benefits of our service whilst maintaining high levels of customer service at all times. The rewards for working at Darlington Borough Council go beyond the salary you will receive; we have numerous additional benefits such as: - 32 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays, with option to purchase additional Annual Leave (pro-rata for part time working) - Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions - Flexible working - Generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave schemes - Staff equality forums - Green Car Leasing Scheme - Access to a wide range of training, learning and development - Physiotherapy service - Confidential counselling service - Great wellbeing offer - Cycle to Work Scheme - Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discounts - Local and National retailer discounts - Vivup employee benefit app and Lifestyle Savings - Arriva Employee Travel Club For the full range of benefits we offer, please see our "Why work for us" internet page, which also includes our Total Reward Booklet and Employee Benefit Video. This post requires a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure check. If you are experiencing problems with the NE Jobs website, such as logging in, saving pages, on account queries please fill out the form within the link below.