Employment Specialist

Employment Specialist (Dorset) – BCP Council

The pay range for this role will be £31,537– £36,363 (pro rata for part time colleagues). The role offers excellent scope for growth, meaningful contribution, and being part of a forward‑thinking team.

• Manage a caseload of participants with disabilities / health support needs and other barriers to employment, employing IPS methods to offer personalised guidance and support
• Meet, assess and support participants to understand their key skills, aspirations, and goals through completing a Vocational Profile and production of an Action Plan to help them obtain and sustain competitive employment
• Provide person‑centred advice and guidance to participants
• Maintain a community focus and work collaboratively with multi‑disciplinary teams, support services, referral partners, education partners, Primary Care and NHS teams, job centres and VCS organisations to maintain positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to support
• Build positive relationships with local employers to enable participants to move into and / or maintain suitable employment including sourcing job opportunities and raising awareness of reasonable adjustments, return to work strategies and ongoing contact, reducing barriers in the workplace and supporting employers to become disability confident
• Provide a quality service through conducting regular visits, effective monitoring and in‑work training and support to participants and employers to help sustain employment

We’re looking for someone who is motivated, adaptable, and passionate about supporting others into meaningful employment. The ideal candidate will bring relevant experience or transferable skills and a willingness to learn and grow within the role.

• Experience in caseload management and delivering person‑centred support, or transferable skills from roles involving mentoring, coaching, or advisory work
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of individuals and build positive working relationships. Whether through previous experience in employer engagement, stakeholder collaboration, community outreach, or sales, you’ll bring, or be keen to develop, the negotiation skills needed to create meaningful employment opportunities
• Excellent IT skills, including confidence using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and online communication tools such as Microsoft Teams
• A solution‑focused and outcome‑driven approach, with the ability to identify barriers and work collaboratively to overcome them
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing your time effectively and adapting to changing priorities
• A flexible, proactive attitude, with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement
• A strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring that all participants are treated with respect and supported according to their individual needs

This is a community‑based role with requirement to travel to different locations around Dorset from a base location in either Dorchester or Weymouth. You may be required to work outside normal office hours to support individuals.

Please use the personal statement to tell us why you’d be a great addition to our team, using the job description to support your application. If you have any questions, contact Mer

Note, this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and we can only consider applicants with existing right to work in the UK.

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of world‑renowned coastline. We can offer career‑defining roles to transform and improve services.

We offer attractive enhanced benefits and a new Pay and Reward package. For more information, visit our careers page.

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check.