Job Introduction
Connect to Work is a new service designed to support people who face significant barriers to employment, including disability and mental or physical health conditions. The service focuses on helping people stay in work or move into meaningful, sustainable employment.
We are recruiting a Team Lead to help build and lead this new service across Hertfordshire.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You will:
Lead a small, specialist team
Hold a reduced caseload focused on complex clients
Work closely with health services, delivery partners and employers
Deliver outcomes using an evidence-based Supported Employment model
This is an opportunity to shape a service from the ground up and make a genuine difference to people’s lives.
What you will be responsible for:
Lead and supervise a countywide team delivering the Supported Employment model (place, train, maintain)
Ensure delivery aligns with IPS fidelity principles and commissioned outcomes
Provide regular supervision, mentoring and field-based support to staff
Manage a full caseload in year one, reducing over time to focus on complex cases
Co-work cases with team members where required
Support clients with disabilities, health conditions or other significant barriers into sustainable work
Support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the service
Work closely with performance and fidelity teams to monitor quality and outcomes
Contribute to data collection, analysis and service development activity
What we are looking for
Substantial experience supporting people with:
Strong experience working with people experiencing mental ill health
Previous experience supervising or managing staff
Experience of service development, promotion or improvement
Experience of working in partnership across multiple agencies
Full driving licence and ability to travel to cover the area.
Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in:
Management qualification, equivalent experience, or willingness to complete internal leadership training
Why Join Get Set UK?
Because you’ll be part of a mission-driven organisation that invests in your growth and celebrates your impact.
You’ll get:
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Wellbeing support including GP, counselling and Headspace
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Discounts, pension and salary sacrifice options
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Enhanced benefits with service
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A culture built on ambition, pride, ownership and support
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Real opportunities for progression
We are also a proud Disability Confident Employer. Adjustments are available at every stage.
If you’re ready to Be Ambitious, Be Proud, Be Considerate, Own It and Be Inspiring, and you want a role where your work genuinely changes lives, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply Now!
If you are ready to support people into work through evidence-based mental health employment and you live our values to Be Ambitious, Be Proud, Be Considerate, Own It and Be Inspiring, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today!
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We reserve the right to close applications early. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome all applications. Get Set UK is an Equal Opportunity Employer, offering employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, physical and mental disability, age, citizenship, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, and any other protected status. Our aim is to support and maintain the physical and mental health of all people at work.
If you do need any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and recruitment process, please let us know at the outset and we will work hard to provide the right solution for you.
This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners/clients and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful appointment to this role will require satisfactory completion of recruitment checks.
Get Set UK does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Recruitment Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Get Set UK will consider these CVs as gifts and will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.
