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Reed Further Education are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are always looking for talented/aspiring support staff to join our team and help us deliver high-quality education to learners.

Employment Specialist

Reed Further Education
Locations: North Staffordshire & South West Staffordshire
Salary: Up to £31,100 per annum
Contract: Permanent | Full-Time (Part-Time Considered)

Reed Further Education is recruiting Employment Specialists to deliver the new Connect to Work programme across Staffordshire. In this rewarding role, you'll support people with health conditions, disabilities, or other barriers to employment to secure and sustain meaningful work.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of approximately 24 participants.
• Deliver tailored employment support including CV writing, job searching, interview preparation, and career planning.
• Complete Vocational Profiles and Action Plans to identify strengths, skills, and aspirations.
• Build relationships with healthcare professionals, partner organisations, and local employers.
• Support individuals to overcome barriers and move into sustainable employment. 
• Provide ongoing in-work support to participants and employers.

About You

• Experience in employability, careers guidance, welfare-to-work, supported employment, or a related field
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Experience supporting individuals with health conditions, disabilities, or other complex barriers.
• Able to work independently and manage a varied caseload. 
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. 

All candidates who register with Reed Further Education will have 2 years’ referencing taken up and will be required to have a DBS check completed. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks.

Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.

Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:

• Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area

• A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf

• A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club

• Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment

• Access to Training and Development – Reed Assessment Centre – Reed Learning.

• Great referral bonus’ (up to £200 per successful referral!)

• Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning

To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking 'Apply Now'. 

Not looking for a support role? We are also registering teachers, assessors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators.