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Senior Employment Specialist / Team Leader
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Location: Thanet
Salary: A GBP 30,000 - A GBP 34,000 DOE
Vacancy Type: Permanent
About The Role
Are you an experienced employment professional with a passion for helping people overcome barriers and achieve their goals in work?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Employment Specialist / Team Leader to join our Connect to Work service and lead a team of IPS Employment Specialists delivering high-quality, person-centred employment support across Thanet, Dover, Folkestone, and Hythe.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines strong leadership skills with practical experience of supporting people into sustainable employment. You will lead, supervise, and develop a team of Employment Specialists, while also managing a small caseload of participants yourself.
You will be responsible for modelling excellent employment support practice, providing coaching and guidance to your team, and helping to ensure participants receive consistent, personalised, and effective support throughout their employment journey.
Working within the Connect to Work framework and in line with relevant Individual Placement and Support (IPS) principles and fidelity standards, you will champion best practice and help create a service that puts participants at the heart of everything it does.
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What You'll Be Doing
As Senior Employment Specialist / Team Leader, You Will
- Lead, supervise, support, and develop a team of IPS Employment Specialists.
- Provide regular coaching, guidance, and constructive feedback to support high-quality service delivery.
- Manage a small caseload, providing direct employment support and modelling excellent practice.
- Support participants to identify their skills, strengths, interests, and career aspirations.
- Provide high-quality support with CVs, job searching, applications, interviews, and preparation for employment.
- Build participants' confidence, self-esteem, and motivation to help them achieve their employment and career goals.
- Support people who may experience a range of barriers to employment, including people with health conditions, disabilities, and those in recovery.
- Develop strong relationships with employers and proactively identify suitable employment opportunities.
- Liaise with employers to arrange interviews, secure opportunities, and obtain constructive feedback on candidates.
- Match participants' skills, qualities, and aspirations to appropriate vacancies.
- Support participants to move into employment and, where required, provide ongoing support to help them sustain their employment.
- Develop effective partnerships with employers, community organisations, health and support services, and other stakeholders.
- Maintain effective operational oversight and ensure the service meets Connect to Work requirements.
- Promote and embed IPS principles, fidelity, and best practice across the team.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and help identify solutions to challenges faced by participants and the wider service.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure activity and outcomes are recorded appropriately.
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About You
We are looking for an experienced and motivated employment professional who can combine strong people-management skills with excellent frontline employment support practice.
You Will Have
- At least 3 years of management experience, ideally within an employment, skills, health, community, or related service.
- Experience of providing high-quality CV, job-search, and interview support, particularly to people who may be in recovery or facing barriers to employment.
- Experience of providing effective coaching and support that enables clients to progress towards and access employment.
- A proven ability to build people's confidence, self-esteem, and motivation, helping them achieve their goals in the workplace and develop sustainable careers.
- Experience of working with employers to a
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