The Growth Company (GC) is excited to offer an opportunity for a Key Worker to join our Salford Employment Hub, supporting residents across the city as part of the Economically Inactive Trailblazer contract. The role focuses on empowering individuals to overcome barriers to employment by providing tailored one-to-one guidance, access to training, soft skills development, and employability support. This service is delivered in partnership with Salford Council and supports the development of sustainable employment pathways for economically inactive residents through collaboration with health and wellbeing partners, local employers, and community organisations. We help to make a lasting difference to the lives of people throughout the North of England and beyond, by supporting individuals to gain meaningful employment. Key Responsibilities: Manage a caseload of participants voluntarily engaging with the Trailblazer and wider Salford Employment Hub, helping them progress towards work. Deliver tailored advice, action plans, and interventions to support individuals in overcoming barriers to employment. Conduct in-person and virtual appointments, completing robust needs assessments and referring participants to appropriate services. Build relationships with local employers to identify and secure suitable job opportunities for participants. Engage with referral partners, including Jobcentre Plus, Work Well, VCF sector and social prescribing teams to provide holistic support. Promote the programme via outreach activities, events, and partnerships to increase awareness and referrals. Ensure accurate data entry and case management using internal systems in line with compliance requirements. Liaise with health, housing, welfare and skills providers to ensure seamless access to wrap-around support services. About You: Approachable, empathetic, and skilled at building strong relationships with a wide range of individuals. Organised and confident in managing a caseload and planning individual journeys towards employment. Strong communicator, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt to diverse situations. Passionate about helping people overcome barriers and make positive progress. Comfortable working flexibly across community locations and in partnership with local services. Skills & Experience Required: Experience of working with individuals with complex needs, including health-related and social barriers. Proven track record in advice, guidance or coaching roles, preferably within employment or training services. Good knowledge of the local labour market, support networks, and referral pathways. Competent in using IT systems including CRM databases, Microsoft Office, and digital communication tools. Understanding of safeguarding, data protection, and equal opportunities in line with GC policies. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this. If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community. As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team. We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We're supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage. GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible. If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at careersgrowthco.uk or call us on 0161 237 4447. All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.