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...
Rebecca
Rebecca has been with ECL for more than a decade, joining the business as a Community Care Assistant back in 2012. Since then, her career in care has gone from strength to strength. With the support of ECL, ambitious Rebecca is now a Learning Disabilities Service Manager and she’s enjoying her job as much today as she did all those years ago…
Hannah
When Hannah decided to move on from her role supporting elderly people living with dementia in a nursing home, she carefully researched new opportunities. After trawling through listings for care jobs in West Sussex to no avail, she came across an exciting vacancy with ECL and the company’s positive reviews spoke for themselves…
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