Placement Plus: Paid Work Placements (Disabilities) - DGA11355

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Placement Plus: Paid Work Placements (for individuals with disabilities)
Various Locations throughout Dumfries and Galloway 
Contract Type: Paid Work Placement Rate: Band 1 (£12.56ph) 

Are you unemployed with a disability or a long-term health issue? Would you like a six month paid placement with Dumfries and Galloway Council? 

Placement Plus is for people with disabilities or a long-term health issue (a health problem which affects someone’s day to day life and will last more than one year) living within Dumfries and Galloway.  It is a six-month paid work placement with Dumfries and Galloway Council. 

Placements are available areas including working with people, working outside and with tools. These will be supported by Council departments, including Roads, Organisational Development, Facilities and Administration and more.

Please note these placements have restrictions – applicants must 
1.  live in Dumfries and Galloway and 
2. have a disability or a long-term health issue (a health problem which affects someone’s day to day life and will last more than one year) to be accepted for a placement.  
These positions are funded to address the disability employment gap in Dumfries and Galloway.  If you do not meet both of these essential criteria, please contact ESS@dumgal.gov.uk to discuss other opportunities of employment or training.

On your placement you will be part of a team and carrying out real tasks. You will be given training to do the job. To help you will be given an Employment Key Worker.  They will help you with your application, interview and help you when you are on placement. They will also help you get clothes for your placement and give you help to get to work in the first weeks if needed. 

To in our more join us at our events where you can speak to departments and find out more about the opportunities.  These will take place:
•    Stranraer 7th October 10.00 -16.00 at The Millennium Centre, Stranraer, DG9 7JP 
•    Dumfries 8th October 10.00 -16.00 at The Usual Place, Dumfries, DG1 1BZ

All applications need to be completed via myjobscotland by no later than 21 October 2024.  If you want help with your application contact Donna Mann email placementplus@dumgal.gov.uk  or phone (Monday to Friday).

If you are successful, 
Step 1 - A named Key Worker will contact you if you are successful in gaining an interview by email or telephone, we will offer interview support if required.
Step 2. In line with the funding requirements for these posts, all successful applicants will be required to register with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Employability and Skills Service. 
Step 3 - If successful at interview you may be required to complete pre-employment checks, for example Protection of Vulnerable Groups/Disclosure Scotland vetting or they may require ongoing substance testing.