698 - Universal Credit Job centre Work Coach (Executive Officer) - Cumbria
| Posting date: | 03 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,500 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 July 2024 |
| Location: | North West England, UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 698 |
Summary
About the job
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. We are the UK's biggest public service department and administer the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.
DWP is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and we aspire to being the most inclusive employer in the United Kingdom.
The Work Coach role is rewarding, varied and complex and no two days will be the same as you will be dealing with different customers face to face and their specific support needs each day.
If you’re looking for a career that makes a clear and positive difference to people’s lives, then a DWP Executive Officer role may be an ideal for you!
About us - Department for Work and Pensions GOV.UK
Job Description
As a Work Coach you hold a vital role in the Department, helping individuals and their families towards financial independence through work and enabling them to claim the support they need as they progress.
Work Coaches are customer-focused, dedicated individuals and able to deliver exceptional service with empathy and compassion to people who need their support.
As a Work Coach, you will use sound judgement to help people through some difficult, challenging times in their lives, and your tailored coaching can make a huge difference to their ability to find, stay in, and progress in a job.
If you're looking for a job that makes a clear difference to people's lives, a Work Coach role in DWP could be just what you are looking for.
Key Accountabilities
The Work Coach role is wide-ranging and diverse. You will be working with customers, employers and colleagues through a combination of face to face, digital and telephone contact on a daily basis. Some of the main activities are set out below:
• Providing support to customers claiming Universal Credit, Employment and
Support Allowance, Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support.
• Offering quality advice to customers about job search actions, supporting them
to job search effectively in a largely digital world, and matching to suitable
vacancies.
• Meeting your legal duty to comply with the Equality Act 2010 and making sure
your customers get the additional support and advice to help them access our
services.
• Building positive relationships with customers that encourages, motivates, and
builds trust.
• Developing an in-depth knowledge of local employment opportunities and the
support our service partners offer.
• Making timely decisions, based on customer needs, and referring them to
appropriate help and support.
• Be accountable for performance and management of your caseload.
Person Specification
What we are looking for:
• Effective communication skills both verbally and in writing to a wide range of
diverse customers.
• The ability to understand complex information and give clear explanations to
the customer.
• You will be able to coach customers to improve their movement in to work.
• You must be able to navigate a range of computer systems to action tasks as
well as coach customers to. be confident using digital work search tools.
• You’ll also be required to handle telephony queries and have the ability to
manage difficult situations where required in a calm and professional manner.
If you’re looking for a career that makes a clear and positive difference to people’s lives, then being a Work Coach may be an ideal role for you!
You can find out more and apply here.
Do you want to be part of a team where you can be yourself, feel supported, empowered, valued, respected, fairly treated and able to achieve your full potential?
If your answer is Yes. Join us!
We have exciting, challenging and rewarding roles available across DWP.
We are looking for people who are customer focused, with the right skills, commitment and capability to deliver an exceptional public service.
Benefits
With great benefits including:
• Generous annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working patterns available.
• Competitive maternity, paternity, and parental leave.
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
Alongside your salary of £29,500, DWP contributes £8546.15 towards you
being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out
what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
• Employee Assistance Programme with emphasis on wellbeing.
• Career and Personal Development through Operational Delivery Profession.
• Employee discount schemes.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. We are the UK's biggest public service department and administer the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.
DWP is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and we aspire to being the most inclusive employer in the United Kingdom.
The Work Coach role is rewarding, varied and complex and no two days will be the same as you will be dealing with different customers face to face and their specific support needs each day.
If you’re looking for a career that makes a clear and positive difference to people’s lives, then a DWP Executive Officer role may be an ideal for you!
About us - Department for Work and Pensions GOV.UK
Job Description
As a Work Coach you hold a vital role in the Department, helping individuals and their families towards financial independence through work and enabling them to claim the support they need as they progress.
Work Coaches are customer-focused, dedicated individuals and able to deliver exceptional service with empathy and compassion to people who need their support.
As a Work Coach, you will use sound judgement to help people through some difficult, challenging times in their lives, and your tailored coaching can make a huge difference to their ability to find, stay in, and progress in a job.
If you're looking for a job that makes a clear difference to people's lives, a Work Coach role in DWP could be just what you are looking for.
Key Accountabilities
The Work Coach role is wide-ranging and diverse. You will be working with customers, employers and colleagues through a combination of face to face, digital and telephone contact on a daily basis. Some of the main activities are set out below:
• Providing support to customers claiming Universal Credit, Employment and
Support Allowance, Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support.
• Offering quality advice to customers about job search actions, supporting them
to job search effectively in a largely digital world, and matching to suitable
vacancies.
• Meeting your legal duty to comply with the Equality Act 2010 and making sure
your customers get the additional support and advice to help them access our
services.
• Building positive relationships with customers that encourages, motivates, and
builds trust.
• Developing an in-depth knowledge of local employment opportunities and the
support our service partners offer.
• Making timely decisions, based on customer needs, and referring them to
appropriate help and support.
• Be accountable for performance and management of your caseload.
Person Specification
What we are looking for:
• Effective communication skills both verbally and in writing to a wide range of
diverse customers.
• The ability to understand complex information and give clear explanations to
the customer.
• You will be able to coach customers to improve their movement in to work.
• You must be able to navigate a range of computer systems to action tasks as
well as coach customers to. be confident using digital work search tools.
• You’ll also be required to handle telephony queries and have the ability to
manage difficult situations where required in a calm and professional manner.
If you’re looking for a career that makes a clear and positive difference to people’s lives, then being a Work Coach may be an ideal role for you!
You can find out more and apply here.
Do you want to be part of a team where you can be yourself, feel supported, empowered, valued, respected, fairly treated and able to achieve your full potential?
If your answer is Yes. Join us!
We have exciting, challenging and rewarding roles available across DWP.
We are looking for people who are customer focused, with the right skills, commitment and capability to deliver an exceptional public service.
Benefits
With great benefits including:
• Generous annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working patterns available.
• Competitive maternity, paternity, and parental leave.
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
Alongside your salary of £29,500, DWP contributes £8546.15 towards you
being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out
what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
• Employee Assistance Programme with emphasis on wellbeing.
• Career and Personal Development through Operational Delivery Profession.
• Employee discount schemes.