Employment Specialist

Location:Blackburn (Community based role with regular travel around the area)

Salary: £31,000 per annum

As an Employment Specialist, you will empower individuals with disabilities and long-term health conditions to achieve sustainable employment through tailored, strengths-based support. Working within a target-driven environment, you will build strong relationships with participants, employers, and community partners to create inclusive employment opportunities and positive outcomes.

• Provide personalised employment support to individuals facing barriers to work, helping them identify their strengths, build confidence, and secure sustainable employment.
• Manage a caseload of participants, delivering one-to-one guidance on CV writing, job searching, interview preparation, and career planning.
• Take a proactive and flexible approach to supporting individuals with complex needs, ensuring tailored support throughout their employment journey.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with local authorities, NHS services, voluntary organisations, and community groups to provide holistic support.
• Develop and nurture employer relationships to identify suitable job opportunities aligned with participants' skills, aspirations, and abilities.
• Promote disability inclusion and deliver guidance to employers on creating accessible and supportive workplace environments.
• Monitor participant progress, maintain accurate records, and work towards employment outcome targets.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and rapport with a diverse range of individuals.
• Experience engaging with stakeholders, employers, and community organisations to achieve positive outcomes.
• Ability to manage sensitive conversations with empathy, professionalism, and emotional intelligence.
• Knowledge of employment support services, recruitment practices, or welfare-to-work programmes.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
• Skilled at problem-solving and identifying practical solutions to overcome barriers to employment.

• Supporting participants into meaningful and sustainable employment.
• Developing strong employer partnerships that generate new job opportunities.
• Promoting inclusive hiring practices and workplace accessibility.
• Delivering measurable employment outcomes while maintaining a participant-focused approach.

This role is ideal for someone with recruitment, employability, talent acquisition, or stakeholder engagement experience who is passionate about helping people achieve their employment goals and making a positive impact within local communities. We welcome applications from a range of different backgrounds. If you are someone who can connect and make a difference, we want to hear from you

Ingeus is a leading human services provider helping people, business and communities thrive through employment, skills and health & wellbeing services. We are a trusted partner to government and industry delivering services that create positive social impact and transform lives.

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of IPS (Individual Placement and Support) and SEQF principles.
• Experience supporting individuals with disabilities, long-term health conditions, or other complex barriers to employment.
• Background in recruitment, employability services, community outreach, stakeholder engagement, or career coaching.

At Ingeus, we’ve spent time listening to our employees to build our benefits package;

• 25 days of annual leave
  plus bank holidays, with the option to trade for additional leave.
• EAPSupport programme
  available 24/7, including 6…