Working for ECL
Inclusive Employment Careers
Support your local community and make a real difference by supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or autism into paid employment
We are looking for...
Come and join the team
This is a great time to join ECL as we expand our Inclusive Employment offering. We're looking for individuals who share our values and passion to make a positive difference to people’s lives, supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or autism in achieving their ambitions of paid employment.
Our Inclusive Employment team:
- Support adults with learning disabilities and/or autism into paid employment
- Offer specialist, person-centred employment support, including vocational profiling and career guidance
- Support our customers’ full employment journey, from CV writing and interview preparation to in-work support and career development
- Empower Essex-based businesses to be Inclusive Employers and support their journey to becoming Disability Confident
Join a vastly growing team with huge job satisfaction.
As well as joining an award winning team with huge job satisfaction, other benefits of working for ECL include:
- 24 days holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays), rising with service
- Business mileage paid at 45p per mile
- Contributory pension scheme
- Free enhanced DBS
- Healthcare support scheme
- Ongoing training & career development with access to paid-for qualifications
- Annual performance and pay review
- Refer a friend scheme of up to £1500
Your career starts here...
Carmen's story
Carmen, who's in her 80's, has reduced mobility due to a car accident. She lives with her son, who works full time so has been attending Marylands for the last two years and is happier than ever
ECL Sensory Support Service helps deafblind mother of two regain her independence
Meet Caroline….Caroline lives with Deafblindness after losing her hearing as a result of ear problems when she was young. She subsequently lost her vision due to idiopathic intracranial hypertension five years later.
Donna
During her time with ECL, Donna Hampson has experienced almost every aspect of the business. Joining as a Community Care Assistant (CCA) nearly five years ago, she has since excelled as a Trusted Assessor (TA), in planning roles, and as a Local Business Manager (LBM). She’s now working hard to help others launch their own successful careers in care…
Inclusive Employment – an employee perspective: Sarah Jennings
One of our most recent Inclusive Employment success stories is Sarah. Sarah is 26 and loves art, cooking, and West Ham United football club. She lives with profound deafness and autism and attended ECL Chelmsford day service where she undertook work-based training to hone her catering skills. With her training under her belt, she was keen to get a paid job in catering, and our Inclusive Employment team helped her find her ideal job at The Lion Inn, in Boreham.
Inclusive Employment – an Employer's Perspective: The Lion Inn
Busy hotel and restaurant, The Lion Inn is a popular local employer that values efficiency, reliability, and teamwork. The business is no stranger to inclusive employment and when our team approached them about the possibility of employing Inclusive Employment customer Sarah Jennings, they were immediately receptive to the idea. Sarah, lives with autism and profound deafness. The Lion Inn offered her a work trial and she did herself proud and was offered a job as a Prep Chef!
ECL Colchester - Woodlands customer supported to connect with local community
Part of the ECL day service ethos is an emphasis on community engagement. Forging relationships with local community groups to enable customers to participate in activities they enjoy, expand their social network, and achieve greater independence. One customer that has really benefitted from this approach is David, a long-time customer of ECL Colchester. Following a recent partnership with a local church group , David has found ‘his’ place in his local community and is happier than ever.