Specialist Employment Team
The Specialist Team- Provide specialist areas of advice and support to the most vulnerable
residents in Haringey. The team is made up of individuals with specialist knowledge of resident
groups and finding creative solutions to support
Haringey residents into employment.
Specialist Team Leader
Tracey Fergus
Employment Advisor: Autism and Learning disabilities
Lucy Edwards - lucy.edwards@haringey.gov.uk
Focused on supporting residents aged 18-34 who have learning disabilities or autism. The service
includes individualised support, training/upskilling, CV building, interview preparation and
techniques, pre-employment training and in
work support for 6 months.
Appointments can be made in person or via MS Teams.
Employment Advisor: Youth at Risk
Jenavi Omoma - Jenavi.omoma@haringey.gov.uk.
Focused on supporting any 18–24-year-olds considered ‘at risk’ of serious youth violence (victims
or perpetrators), risk of dropping out of full-time education or those at risk of long-term
unemployment.
Careers support includes career planning, CV writing, targeted job searching, shortlisting for
live job vacancies, interview preparation, signposting/referral to traineeships or
apprenticeships and career coaching.
Appointments can be made in person or via MS Teams to fit around client circumstances.
Employment Advisor: Construction
Kiera Guthrie - kiera.guthrie@haringey.gov.uk
Focused on engaging with residents 18+ providing employment support and guidance within the
Construction sector. This includes supporting developers and contractors with fulfilling S106,
Social Value obligations and maximising employment
opportunities for Haringey residents.
Employment Advisor: Substance misuse
David Hart - david.hart@haringey.gov.uk
I provide personalised support to people who are receiving help from substance misuse services
who wish to move into sustainable employment.
My focus is to support clients in identifying their strengths, skills and aspirations to create
the right job match, including working to understand their background, potential barriers and to
develop a tailored action plan around
their job goals.
As part of a community health team where I adopt a tried and tested approach called Individual
Placement and Support which helps to bridge the gap between misconceptions around substance
misuse and employment.
Employment Advisor: Apprenticeships
TBC
Employment Navigators
Shawn Semper - shawn.semper@haringey.gov.uk
Mohamoud Ismail - mohamoud.ismail@haringey.gov.uk
Jo Thompson - jo.thompson@haringey.gov.uk
Shawn (Broadwater Farm Estate) and Mohamoud (Northumberland Park) supports residents to identify
the most appropriate Employment Support provider based on their personal circumstances. They are
available to residents in those areas
to meet face to face, deliver employability workshops and to signpost to relevant services.
Jo works across the borough to engage with residents whose concerns with health and wellbeing may
be a barrier to going to into work. She refers residents in the first instance to Ingeus who
delivers the Work and Health Programme