We are recruiting for

Supported Employment Specialists (fixed term, six-month contract)

to join the bemix team

This is an exciting and varied role and will offer someone a fantastic opportunity to join our uplifting, committed Supported Employment team.
We are striving to raise the aspirations of young people with learning difficulties and/or autism, together with their families and carers, demonstrating that work is possible and rewarding. A supported internship is about young people with a learning difficulty and/or autism achieving high-quality paid work that lasts. We call it a supported internship as we support the young person throughout the internship by providing a Supported Employment Specialist. As the young person's Supported Employment Specialist, you will work alongside them throughout their whole journey with bemix assisting them from start to finish into work.

Main aim: Manage a caseload of young people and support them through their journey into paid employment. To meet programme targets and work according to good Supported Employment practice.


Hours: Working 3 days a week (22.2 hours). Fixed term, Six month contract -1st August - January 31st 2024. We can be flexible around hours and days worked as long as the business needs are met. Working hours will need to have flexibility to respond to tight deadlines with extra hours.


Location: Medway and Gravesham, you may be requested to travel to and work from other bemix sites, within a reasonable commute from your usual place of work, to cover for colleague absence, to join meetings and/or training.


Salary and benefits: Salary is circa £25,500 per annum, pro rata, and is negotiable with an offer to be made based on experience and proven track record. + generous 25 days annual leave pro rata plus 8 bank holidays + Contributory Pension Scheme option (5% of pay)

If you are …

A natural communicator with great interpersonal skills. You must be able to communicate well with different types of people and organisations and are patient when people are speaking.
Confident in problem-solving and supporting people to find solutions that enables young people to achieve and succeed in their work placements.
Able to support people well, and understand that people need different types of support at different times.
Knowledgeable of the education and/or social care sectors and of working with people with a learning difficulty and/or autism.
You are confident with supporting people in the workplace, this can be through previous Supported Employment work, or through line management or training experience.

...we’d love to hear from you!

We support people to hear, respect and empower people with learning difficulties and/or autism. We promote positive action to challenge negative attitudes about disability and work with local communities so that people with learning difficulties and/or autism become fully included and no longer segregated.


Enquiries: recruitment@bemix.org

Closing date for applications: Midnight, Tuesday 20th June 2023.

Interviews: Friday 23rd June and Monday 3rd July.

We will contact everyone by the end of the day on: Wednesday 21st June 2023.


No agency contact please. You will be required to declare all past convictions, whether spent or not, as this post is exempt from The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1984. You will also be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS Check.
We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for people with disability, neurodiversity and/or long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us.