Employment Development Worker

Employment Development Worker Toucan Employment is the UK's longest-running supported employment charity for people with learning difficulties/disabilities and autism. We work to support clients into sustainable employment suitable to their skills, interests, and support needs, as well as offering holistic support. Since 1989 we have supported 1000s of clients into sustainable employment with all the major supermarkets, London hotels, the Houses of Parliament, football clubs, and many smaller employers. Toucan Employment is seeking an experienced employment adviser and job coach to lead on our SEND Southwark Works project in South London. Working from our Southwark office with occasional travel across London you will be providing 1:1 employment and job coaching support to up to 30 young Southwark residents aged 16-25 with SEND. The successful applicant will be a passionate about tackling the obstacles young people with learning difficulties/disabilities and autism face in finding work. You will be able to work to your own imitative and be able to engage with a range of stakeholders including businesses, training providers, clients with learning difficulties/disabilities and autism, their parents and carers and partner organisations. You will be working in line with the Toucan Employment project strategy and will have experience of monitoring and evaluation, working to tight deadlines and demanding targets as well as providing information advice and guidance. A highly rewarding job for a person with energy, resilience and the ability to organise their own time and schedule. We are looking for a friendly, empathetic, and determined employment worker to support clients into, and at, employment. We are a small, but efficient charity. Come join our friendly and collaborative team working from a beautiful building in Camberwell. You will receive 25 days off per annum, as well as public holidays and a Christmas closure (not taken as annual leave) Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressing the points in the person specification. Closing date is 22nd May 2026 Interviews are anticipated to be 28th and 29th May 2026 Application Instructions Please include a short covering message (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification.