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.
Team Leader – Specialist Team
Tracey Fergus - tracey.fergus@haringey.gov.uk
Employment Advisor: Autism and Learning disabilities
Nadir Alvis - Nadir21.Alvis@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: Health and Social Care
Lashly Rose - Lashly.Rose@haringey.gov.uk
Specialist advisor supports those interested in Health and Social Care into Health and Social care roles.
IPS Team - Substance Mis-use Employment Team
David Hart - david.hart@haringey.gov.uk
Winnie Maclean-Jones - winnie.maclean-jones@haringey.gov.uk
Personalised support to people who are receiving help from substance misuse services who wish to move into sustainable employment.
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, we adopt a tried and tested approach called Individual Placement and Support (IPS) which helps to bridge the gap between misconceptions around substance misuse and employment.
Employment Advisor: Youth
Mohammed (Murshed) Ahmed - Mohammed.Ahmed@haringey.gov.uk
Supporting young people aged 18-24 looking for employment.
Employment Advisor: Creative
Vacant role
Employment Advisor: Construction
Vacant role