Joey Banse

Employment Specialist @Sussex Community Development Association Scda

Eastbourne, GB

Undertake holistic assessment of a client’s needs, including physical and mental health, wellbeing, financial stability and employment.• Facilitated personalised consultations for clients, addressing critical employment and wellbeing issues; these sessions led to a noticeable increase in job placement rates, with a success rate of 77% for participants within three months.• Support clients to overcome a variety of barriers to employment, particularly where these relate to budget, travel training, goal setting, motivation to work, confidence in applying, finding and securing employment, mock interviews and better off calculations. As well as dealing with issues that may arise at work and engaging with the learning required on an apprenticeship• Provide case work support for clients to access partner services relating to education and accommodation, private tenancy agreement training etc• Supervise Occupational Therapy students on their work placements at SCDA, conduct regular supervision meetings to discuss their work and progress.• Conduct regular progress reviews with caseload of clients to ensure project continues to meet their needs and record progress being made.• Create a plan of action for clients to enable them to achieve their aims and goals and give them support as they carry it out.• Meet and exceed KPI targets for clients going into work, targeted at 3 a month, currently averaging 5 a month and recorded highest ever job starts for a month at SCDA with 7 for the month of October 2024 • Led training sessions for colleagues on LinkedIn and CV creations

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