Navigator - Wellbeing & Employment

Fedcap Employment; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days' annual leave

Cycle to Work scheme

Pension scheme with up to 5% employer

Free life assurance

Job summary

Fedcap Employment seeks a Navigator to support individuals on their journey toward improved wellbeing and employment. You will act as a trusted, single contact, delivering holistic assessments and personalised plans within a hybrid UK role.

Utilising trauma-informed and health-informed approaches, you will coach participants toward goals, helping them access community services, training, and job opportunities while coordinating across partner organisations.

Qualifications

• Experience within supported employment, IPS, disability employment, health and wellbeing, social care, coaching or VCSE environments.
• Demonstrable experience building trusted relationships for people facing health, wellbeing or social barriers.
• Experience using person-centred, trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches to tailor support.
• Experience of behaviour change coaching and goal-focused support for sustainable progress.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single, consistent point of contact for participants, encouraging engagement and progress toward goals.
• Receive referrals via warm handover and ensure participants feel welcomed and supported.
• Conduct holistic, person-centred assessments of health, wellbeing, confidence and employment goals.
• Develop personalised support plans reflecting each participant's needs and strengths.
• Provide health‑informed coaching to boost motivation, resilience and readiness for work.
• Help participants identify barriers and develop practical strategies to improve wellbeing and stability.
• Connect participants with community services, health provisions, training and employment opportunities.
• Coordinate support across health, community and employment partners as needed.
• Support participants in exploring volunteering, training, work experience and paid employment.

Skills

Supported employment

Relationship building

Trauma-informed approach

Health-informed coaching

Coaching techniques

Job description

Job Description

Salary: £33k-£35k

Locations: Southampton, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth

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…

At Fedcap, we're proud to offer a comprehensive and rewarding benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, development and work-life balance:

• 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

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-…

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