About the team

Warwickshire County Council and partners are pleased to offer a range of opportunities to support the delivery of the Connect to Work programme. The programme which is set to launch from September 2025 offers new employment support services across Warwickshire.

The Warwickshire Connect to Work Programme funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and is expected to run initially for 2 years.

The programme works with young people and adults with mental health and other health support needs and is designed to support individuals who are wanting to gain or sustain employment.

The programme work to the IPS framework and offers a needs-led service, with a range of 1:1 and group support available, tailored to meet individual’s needs.

Working with the programme team, participants will be supported to overcome barriers and move forward in a journey to gain and sustain employment.

The support the Connect to Work Programme offers is broad, and whilst we work with many cohorts of young people and adults with mental health and health conditions, the team also work with Warwickshire employers to shape inclusive jobs and demonstrate the effectiveness of reasonable adjustments in the workplace. The programme is designed to effectively carve employment opportunities for those that we support and create good quality and progressive job opportunities.

The programme is due to offer a range of roles, calling for individuals with specific IPS, mental health and employment support experience, Individuals must have the vision to work holistically with every person they support.

We are looking to build a highly skilled team who are creative, solution focused with a good understanding of the local employment support, mental health and health offer.

The role

The role of the Connect to Work Employment Support Advisor one with a specific focus on employment retention. Quite often, the young people and adults we support may face unexpected challenges in the workplace or sometimes change which makes their usual comfortable environment suddenly feel different and daily tasks become challenging.

• Provide a responsive service to individuals with health conditions, learning disabilities or other complex barriers who require in-work support.

• Overcome individuals or employer challenges and work through barriers which pose a risk to the individual in sustaining employment.

• Co-write and design employment retention plans which will aim to resolve and ease any challenges, whilst supporting the individual to settle back into their role, with a series of positive actions and measurable outcomes.

• Make recommendations of personal development to the individual or employer where appropriate.

• Guide the employer in identifying and implementing suitable adjustments in the workplace which could support a positive outcome.

• Provide impartial and balanced feedback to the individual, employer, and other supportive links.

• Positively support the journey of alternative employment where appropriate.

• Pro-actively promote the service to future employers and individuals with mental health or health support needs.

• Ensure transparent and accurate records are kept and good communication is given to parents/carers and other associated support teams.

• Deliver caseload and progress reviews to strategic partners, funders and senior managers.

• Work with Project officers, Employment Journey Guides and Programme Managers to ensure collective outcomes meet the objectives of the team’s and funded programme outputs.

• Work with the management team and Employment Journey Guides to oversee the work of project officers and apprentices where appropriate.

• Deputise for management team where required

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 posts are based across the Coventry and Warwickshire and will be required to travel independently to meet the needs of the programme and these we support.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

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.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

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 Darylwinkless@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date:midnight on 25^th August

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 hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk 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