Location
North East Lincolnshire, Grimsby, North Lincolnshire
Contract type
Permanent/ Full- time
Salary
Up to £30,000 per annum
The Growth Company (GC) is seeking an Employment Specialist to support delivery of the Connect to Work Programme across North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, helping unemployed individuals progress into employment, training and education. You’ll work within the community to support people with health conditions or barriers to employment to achieve their goals and move into sustainable work.
We’re particularly keen to hear from candidates with a solid background in employability, capable of delivering tailored, community-based employment support. An understanding of vocational profiling and personalised planning would be an advantage, along with the ability to help participants identify their strengths, build confidence, and connect with local employers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of around 24 clients, supporting their journey into meaningful and sustainable employment.
- Deliver tailored support including CV writing, job searching, interview preparation, and career planning.
- Complete Vocational Profiles and Action Plans to identify individual strengths, aspirations, and goals.
- Collaborate with clinical teams to generate referrals and promote employment as a positive health intervention.
- Provide ongoing in-work support to both clients and employers to help sustain employment outcomes.
- Identify suitable job opportunities through tailored searches and proactive employer engagement.
- Offer guidance on personal circumstances such as benefits, health disclosures, and workplace adjustments.
- Maintain accurate and compliant records using internal systems and documentation protocols.
About You:
- Empathetic and approachable, with a genuine interest in helping others achieve their goals.
- Confident working independently and managing a varied caseload with flexibility and resilience.
- Brings a solid background in employability and understands the challenges faced by jobseekers.
- Comfortable building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including employers and clinical teams.
- Committed to promoting equality, inclusion, and challenging discrimination.
- Experienced in lone working and outreach, with a proactive and solution-focused approach.
- Skilled at developing trust and rapport with clients from diverse backgrounds.
Skills Required:
- Ability to work as part of a team and build partnerships with external agencies.
- Ability to work to KPIs and challenging targets while maintaining quality.
- Experience of working with people with multiple complex needs, including health conditions and disabilities.
- Experience of working on outreach and lone working.
- Trained in IPS approach is desirable.
- High-level guidance skills, with the ability to deliver one-to-one and group sessions to at least Grade 2 standard.
We are currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits or visas. Therefore, we can only consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK.
Artificial intelligence can assist you during the application process, but every example and statement you include must be honest, accurate, and based on your own real experiences. If plagiarism is detected, meaning you present someone else’s ideas or experiences, or AI‑generated content, as your own, your application may be withdrawn, and internal applicants could face disciplinary action.
At GC, safeguarding the welfare of all individuals including vulnerable adults and young people is a top priority, and we expect all staff to uphold this standard. All appointments follow Safer Recruitment Procedures, including a DBS check carried out by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd), at no cost to the successful candidate.
Please note: It is a legal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List.
We are committed to increasing workforce diversity and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria and either have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
If this applies to you, you can request consideration under this scheme during the application process. Your request will be shared only with the Hiring Manager and Internal Recruitment Team.
We also aim to make our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need reasonable adjustments or have any general enquiries at any stage or the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] or call us on 0161 237 4447.
Examples include:
Meeting the hiring manager or touring the venue in advance.
Extra time for tasks.
Interview questions shared beforehand.
Accessibility software or equipment for assessments.
We’re proud to support the Ban the Box campaign, which helps people with convictions access job opportunities. As part of this, we’ve removed questions about convictions from the initial application stage.
GC is committed to fostering a culture of flexibility and agile working. Many roles will increasingly support full agile arrangements. If you require more permanent flexibility, we encourage you to discuss this during your interview so your request can be considered early in the process.
All GC colleagues will work in line with the Health and Safety at work act and the GC Health and Safety Policy.
