Employment Specialist

Employment Specialist

Bristol

The Organisation

Our client is a social enterprise with a clear vision, dedicated to empowering refugees and migrants in the UK to lead self-sufficient and ambitious lives. They bring together a diverse team of strategists and researchers, driven by their own lived experiences, to provide tailored integration services.

Our client’s mission goes beyond individual support; they actively challenge and disrupt the systems that perpetuate inequalities in society.

Theyare now looking for an Employment Specialist to join them on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week.

Our Client’s Commitment to You

- Salary of £26,521 per annum

- 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays

- Pension

- Employee Recognition Programme

- Training and development opportunities

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Social gatherings and staff retreats

- A fully stocked staffroom!

This is a rewarding opportunity for an experienced employability professional with a passion for supporting individuals with complex challenges or from disadvantaged backgrounds to join our client’s mission-driven organisation.

In this highly fulfilling role, you will have the chance to support individuals overcome significant barriers and move into meaningful employment, seeing first-hand the confidence, independence and long-term stability your guidance helps unlock.

What’s more, you’ll become part of a tight-knit, passionate team that genuinely supports one another, making this the perfect environment to grow your expertise and progress your career.

So, if you’re ready to make a lasting difference in people’s lives, read on and apply today!

What You’ll Be Doing

As an Employment Specialist, you will provide person-centred employment support to individuals facing complex barriers, helping them prepare for, secure and sustain, meaningful paid work.

Specifically, you will work with individuals with disabilities, learning difficulties/disabilities, neurodiverse conditions, poor mental health, and other disadvantaged or complex backgrounds.

Working in line with the IPS (Individual Placement and Support)/SEQF (Supported Employment Quality Framework) fidelity model, you will support participants through each stage of the supported employment journey, from engagement and vocational profiling through to job search and ongoing support.

You will work closely with individuals to understand their strengths, aspirations and challenges, developing personalised vocational profiles and action plans. Combining intensive one-to-one support and employer engagement, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary health and community teams, and integrate within the West of England employability network.

Additionally, you will:

- Provide tailored in-work support, including job coaching, workplace training and skills development

- Conduct rapid job searches aligned with participant aspirations and strengths

- Build partnerships with statutory and VCSE organisations

- Maintain accurate documentation of progress and outcomes

- Contribute to programme impact measurement and outcome reporting

- Travel across Bristol and surrounding areas to deliver community-based support

What Our Client Is Looking For

To be considered as an Employment Specialist, you will need:

- Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities, ASD, mental health conditions, complex health challenges or disadvantaged groups

- Experience in employability support or careers guidance

- Experience engaging with employers and building employment opportunities

- The ability to understand and meet KPI targets

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Strong IT literacy, including Microsoft Word, Excel and CRM systems

- The ability to travel across the city and work flexibly

- GCSE Maths and English at Grade C/4 or equivalent

- A qualification in Supported Employment/IPS, or willingness to work towards achievement within nine months

The closing date for this role is 20th March 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Employment Advisor, Employability Advisor, Supported Employment Advisor, Career Advisor, Job Coach, Employment Support Worker, or Employability Specialist.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to become an Employment Specialist and help people build brighter futures through meaningful employment, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. xekaoyc The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.