Are you ready to lead a team that transforms lives through the power of meaningful employment?
Deadline: 21st September 2026
- South East
- Full-time
Job overview
Location: St. Pauls Court, Worthing, with travel around West SussexHours: 37 hours per weekBase Salary: £34,800 per year
Technical Premium*: 5% additional to salary of £1,740 per year (based on base salary) effective from 1 April 2026 – reviewed annually.*The technical premium is paid in addition to the base salary in recognition of the external benchmarking for the role. Conditions apply.
Who We Are:
Southdown is the largest not-for-profit provider of care, support, and housing in Sussex. We’ve been helping people access stable accommodation, mental health and care services since 1972, now counting over 900 people as part of our team
Role
What you’ll be doing:
- Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships by representing the service at provider events and forums and contributing to contractual performance monitoring meetings with commissioning teams.
- Provide excellent line management support to a frontline team of Employment Specialists, including delivering team meetings, appraisals, supervision, support with complex cases, and managing performance.
- Lead contractual performance by reviewing and updating KPI and client data, coordinating compliance checks and sending data to commissioners and partners to ensure contractual obligations are fulfilled.
Responsibilities
See job description for full details
The person
What you’ll need for the role:
- A good understanding of all aspects of supported employment and vocational services (including Southdown’s IPS and Retention Framework Models)
- Proven experience managing a team of staff working with complex/vulnerable client groups
- Experience of developing and maintaining professional joint working relationships with external, statutory and voluntary agencies.
- Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which will be paid for by Southdown
- Proven experience in managing performance against KPI’s
- A full driving licence is essential along with access to your own vehicle
What would be nice:
- Broad knowledge/awareness of Mental Health Services
- Skills in supervising and co-ordinating a dispersed team.
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