Navigator - Wellbeing & Employment

The Fedcap Group; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days’ annual leave

£500 annual benefits scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Pension with up to 5% employer match

Free life assurance

Health & wellbeing support

Digital gym & mindfulness resources

Job summary

Fedcap UK is seeking a Navigator in the Brighton area to act as the trusted, single point of contact for participants on their journey toward improved wellbeing and employment. You will use person-centred, trauma-informed approaches and build strong relationships to guide practical steps and sustained progress.

Role includes coordinating with community services, health and employment partners, providing ongoing in-work support, and helping clients access training and job opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in supported employment, IPS, disability employment or health and wellbeing settings.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with people facing health, wellbeing or social barriers.
• Experience using person-centred, trauma-informed approaches and strengths-based support.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single, consistent point of contact for participants, building engagement and progress toward goals.
• Receive referrals and ensure participants feel welcomed and supported from the outset.
• Conduct holistic, person-centred assessments covering health, wellbeing, confidence, skills and employment aims.
• Develop personalised support plans reflecting each participant’s needs and goals.
• Provide health-informed behavior change coaching to build motivation and readiness for employment.
• Identify barriers, leverage strengths, and develop practical strategies for stability and progression.
• Coordinate with health, community and employment partners to connect services and opportunities.
• Support volunteering, work experience and employment opportunities, including employer engagement.
• Provide ongoing in-work support to help participants navigate workplace challenges.

Skills

Coaching

Relationship building

Health-informed

Trauma-informed

Empowerment

Job description

Job Description

Salary: £33k-£35k

Locations: Brighton, Chichester, Guildford

Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm

Hybrid role with a blend of office-based, remote and outreach working, including employer visits and community engagement, with business travel reimbursed in line with company policy

Be the trusted connection that helps people move forward

As a Navigator, you’ll be the single, trusted point of contact for participants throughout their journey towards improved wellbeing, confidence, stability and, where appropriate, employment.

Using a person-centred, trauma-informed and health-informed approach, you’ll build strong relationships, understand each person’s individual circumstances and help them identify practical steps towards their goals. From their first warm handover through to in-work support and a planned hand back, you’ll provide consistent encouragement, coaching and support.

You’ll connect participants with community services, health and wellbeing provision, training and employment opportunities, working alongside partner organisations to make sure they receive the right support at the right time.

About Us

Fedcap UK is a not-for-profit organisation committed to improving people’s economic mobility. We transform lives by helping people access work, health and learning opportunities. As part of The Fedcap Group – a global charity with 90 years of experience – we work across four specialist practice areas and have supported more than 113,000 people since 2019.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Acting as the single, consistent point of contact for participants, building trusted relationships that encourage engagement, confidence and progress towards individual goals
• Receiving referrals through a warm handover process and ensuring participants feel welcomed, informed and supported from the outset
• Completing holistic, person-centred assessments that explore health, wellbeing, confidence, skills, employment aspirations and wider circumstances
• Developing personalised support plans that reflect each participant’s needs, strengths and goals
• Providing health-informed behaviour change coaching to build motivation, resilience, self-efficacy and readiness for employment or wider progression
• Helping participants identify barriers, recognise their strengths and develop practical strategies to improve confidence, wellbeing and personal stability
• Connecting participants with community services, health and wellbeing provision, peer support, training and other relevant resources
• Coordinating support across health, community, employment and other partner organisations where required
• Supporting participants to explore volunteering, training, work experience and employment opportunities, including engaging with employers where appropriate
• Providing ongoing in-work support to help participants navigate workplace challenges, sustain employment and continue progressing towards their longer‑term goals

What You’ll Bring

• A commitment to our values: Kindness, Respect, Integrity and Innovation
• Experience within supported employment, Individual Placement and Support (IPS), disability employment, health and wellbeing, social care, coaching, employability or VCSE environments
• Demonstrable experience of building trusted relationships and supporting people experiencing complex barriers relating to health, wellbeing, confidence, disability or social circumstances
• Experience using person‑centred, trauma-informed, health‑informed and strengths‑based approaches, with the ability to tailor support to individual needs and circumstances
• Experience of behaviour change coaching, motivational techniques and goal‑focused support that enables people to make sustainable progress
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills, with the ability to work effectively with participants, colleagues and external partners
• Experience of coordinating multi‑agency support and working collaboratively with health, community and employment partners would be desirable
• Knowledge of local support services, community assets and pathways that can help people improve their wellbeing, stability and employment prospects would be desirable

Here’s What Makes Fedcap a Rewarding Career…

• 33 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell additional days
• £500 annual benefits scheme to spend at over 900 retailers
• Cycle to Work scheme open all year round
• Pension scheme with up to 5% employer match
• Free life assurance worth 4x your salary
• Health & wellbeing support, including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family
• Digital gym, mindfulness resources, virtual GP and more

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone is treated fairly, feels they belong, and can do their best work. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and communities, and we value the different perspectives and lived experiences they bring. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

• Fedcap Employment is a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will consider reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and, where required, in the workplace. We will not exclude a candidate with a disability unless they are unable to carry out a duty that is intrinsic to the role, after reasonable adjustments have been considered.
• We are positive about employing veterans, serving personnel, and spouses/partners and family members, as part of our commitment to the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant.
• As a Ban the Box employer, we assess applicants on their skills and potential. We do not ask about criminal convictions at the initial application stage, and any relevant information is considered fairly and in line with the role.

About The Fedcap Group

For nearly ninety years, The Fedcap Group has developed scalable, innovative, and potentially disruptive solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs. The Fedcap Group drives economic mobility through four practice areas - education, workforce development, health, and economic development. The Fedcap Group also invests its time and resources in broader system change - working in partnership with federal, state, and local government to improve the way services are designed, funded, and delivered. For more information visit www.fedcapgroup.org

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About Us

Mission: To create opportunities for people by designing and delivering innovative, sustainable solutions and creating measurable changes for those who are socially disadvantaged.

Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Employment Scotland delivers employability solutions across the UK to build communities through a blend of local frontline professional teams and like‑minded supply chain partners, using innovative and tested ideas developed both locally and internationally.

Our service is designed to give each individual the best opportunity according to his/her abilities and needs. Our programs provide targeted employment supports to a range of underserved groups, including single parents, people who were previously incarcerated and individuals with health, mental health and/or substance use conditions.

Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Employment Scotland joined The Fedcap Group in 2018.

Website: http://www.fedcapemployment.org/