Employment Journey Guide (Connect to Work)

Warwickshire County Council; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Health care schemes

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council invites applications for a Journey Guide to support the Connect to Work programme across Warwickshire, working within the IPS or SEQF model of supported employment. The role focuses on helping adults and young people with health or disability-related needs to find and sustain employment, coordinating with partners and funders to tailor personalised support.

You will advocate for reasonable workplace adjustments, develop vocational profiles, and translate them into

Qualifications

• Experience (or exposure) to supported employment or job coaching programs.
• Ability to work with adults and young people with health or disability-related support needs.
• Ability to co-create vocational profiles and personalised action plans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the DWP-funded Connect to Work programme across Warwickshire.
• Shape and monitor activity to progress residents towards sustainable employment.
• Advocate for and implement reasonable workplace adjustments for individuals.

Job description

About us

Warwickshire is famous around the world as Shakespeare's County - but that is only half the story. We remain a creative and innovative place in other ways too.

Warwickshire is home to many UK and international brands, with key strengths in automotive, future mobility and digital creative industries. The area is a major global centre for vehicle electrification, autonomous technologies and video game development. Our local universities include “Top 10” University of Warwick and “Modern University of the Year” Coventry University. There is a lot happening here.

We are home to one of the strongest business bases in the UK and confident that even through challenging times, our economy will emerge strongly, and our organisation has an important role to play in this.

Within Warwickshire County Council, the Employability and Skills Team commissions services and provides a number of support services, primarily supporting businesses, gathering economic needs, whilst also supporting in the creation of career opportunities linking to employment, education and skills partners. The team engage widely with a number of external partners and stakeholders who we collaborate with to widen our reach.

About the Role

We are looking for a journey guide to support on the delivery of the Connect to Work programme across Warwickshire, working to the IPS or SEQF model of supported employment.

In this key role, you will deliver a DWP-funded programme aimed at helping adults and young people with health, disabilities or health support needs to find and sustain employment. Working closely with colleagues, funders, and delivery partners, you will shape and monitor activity that supports residents to progress towards sustainable employment.

You will support individuals to gain and sustain employment by advocating for and implementing reasonable adjustments in the workplace. You will co-create vocational profiles which translate into a clear and detailed action plan to ensure that each person receives a personalised programme of support tailored to their needs.

This is a high-impact role offering the opportunity to make a real difference to individuals, communities, and the local economy.

What we offer

As a local authority, we pride ourselves in being collaborative and barrier breaking, whilst demonstrating strong team cultures by encouraging creative thinking, personal development and embracing new ways of working.

We are proudly an award-winning team, recognised for its culture and employee engagement, we operate a "flexible working" staff policy, whilst also offering enhanced wellbeing and staff benefit programmes such as cycle to work schemes, childcare vouchers, pension and health care schemes.

The post is based at the Warwickshire Skills Hub in Nuneaton, with county wide travel and visits to neighbouring authorities anticipated.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

For any questions regarding the roles available, please contact Daryl Winkless on the following email: [e-mail]

Closing date: 29th October 2026

Interviews: 10th & 11th November

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more