Just some of your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments to understand the relationship between a participant's health, wellbeing and employment circumstances.
• Build trusted and supportive relationships with participants through a person-centred coaching approach.
• Use motivational interviewing and behaviour change techniques to identify strengths, aspirations, barriers and opportunities.
• Develop personalised Work and Health Action Plans that include employment, wellbeing and personal goals.
• Identify physical health, mental health, social and practical barriers affecting a participant's ability to remain in work, return to work or secure new employment.
• Provide ongoing coaching, guidance and practical support to help participants improve confidence, wellbeing and work readiness.
• Support participants to remain in employment through early intervention, workplace problem-solving and appropriate workplace adjustment planning.
• Work with participants who are absent from work to develop structured return-to-work plans, including phased returns where appropriate.
• Coordinate interventions and referrals that address identified barriers, ensuring support is timely, proportionate and outcome-focused.
• Provide employment coaching including career planning, job search support, CV development and interview preparation where appropriate.
• Work closely with clinicians, social prescribers, health coaches, occupational health professionals and community support providers to coordinate integrated support plans.
• Identify, assess and appropriately escalate safeguarding, welfare and risk concerns in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.

What’s in it for you?

A generous base salary (pro-rata for part time), and great flexibility with your working schedule, we offer training, development and progression opportunities. You will have access to the range of Reed in Partnership benefits, which include:

• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays
• Reed Pension Scheme
• Award Winning Management & Leadership training
• Professional & Personal Development Funds
• Bi-annual pay reviews
• Plus much more that can be found on our website

With the chance to dramatically make a difference to the local community, this role offers immense job satisfaction.

At Reed in Partnership, we live and breathe our values in every decision and action taken, resulting in a collaborative and enjoyable culture within our offices. Our company values – we are fair open and honest; we take ownership, and we work together.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with:

• Experience delivering personalised advice, guidance, coaching or support services to adults facing barriers to employment, health or wellbeing.
• Experience managing a caseload and supporting individuals to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Experience working in partnership with multiple organisations and stakeholders.
• Experience working to performance standards and quality requirements.
• Strong of the impact that physical health, mental health and disability can have on employment.
• A minimum of 2 A-Levels or an equivalent Level 3 Diploma.
• GCSE English Language at a minimum of a Grade B (or equivalent Level 2 qualification). OR achievement of a Level 2 in Literacy Assessment at interview stage OR International Equivalents.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience within employment support, vocational rehabilitation, health coaching, social prescribing, occupational health or wellbeing services.
• Qualification in Advice & Guidance, Health Coaching, Employability, Counselling, Social Care or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting individuals to remain in work or return to work following sickness absence.
• Knowledge of reasonable adjustments and disability-inclusive employment practices.
• Fluency in community languages. Community languages may include Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Somali, Vietnamese, Dari, Yoruba, Turkish, French, Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Guajarati, Polish, Serbian and Greek (Dependent on programme)

Personal Attributes:

• A passion for supporting candidates with additional needs, driven by an inherent belief that such candidates can and do achieve.
• Demonstrates empathy, resilience and a person-centred approach.
• Able to build trust and rapport with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong coaching, motivational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage complexity whilst maintaining a positive and solution-focused approach.
• Commitment to improving health, wellbeing and employment outcomes for participants.

We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.