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Do you have the ability to guide, inspire and motivate others? Are you looking for a rewarding career where you will make a positive impact on people's lives? If so, we may have the perfect position for you.
We're currently recruiting for a Local Area Employment Service Caseworker to join our fantastic team in an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in this influential role.
As a Local Area Employment Service - Caseworker you'll provide motivational support, careers advice and guidance to our clients whilst making them feel welcome and at ease, enabling them to overcome barriers and build confidence.
You'll provide training workshops covering a wide range of subjects from CV writing to online job searching. You'll engage with people to assess their skills and abilities and talk about their ambitions and career goals whilst exploring learning and work opportunities acting as an intermediary with local employers.
Our ideal candidate may have a sales, recruitment or employability background or have worked in an environment that involves advising and guidance. However, we do provide excellent on the job training, so are not looking for someone who ticks every single box, we're looking for someone who has an engaging personality, can provide a warm and welcoming experience, and can seek out solutions to problems to help our customers progress into sustainable employment.
This is a fantastic opportunity that'll allow you to utilise your current skills to influence, support and encourage others to build a future.
In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary of 31,000 with these great benefits:
 

    25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
    Volunteer Days
    Company Pension Scheme
    Health Insurance Allowance
    Employer Paid Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
    Annual Salary Review
    Enhanced Maternity/Adoption and Paternity Pay Arrangements
    Refer a friend scheme
    Free access to BenefitHub - an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, Life assurance, Cycle to Work scheme, Tax Saver Commuter Tickets.

Interested? There's an easy to apply route below to upload your CV! If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on 44 1702 595200 or 01- 8608200.
Seetec Group is an employee-owned organisation, and we continually pride ourselves on our sense of community, both in the incredible work we do throughout UK and Ireland, and internally within our employee-owners. People are at the front, centre, and heart of every service we provide and each decision we make.
Location:  Athlone
Hours:   37.5 hours a week.  Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Closing Date:  29 May 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of clients, reviewing their progress towards employment and maintaining engagement to achieve personal and team targets.
• Assess individual client needs and work with them to create a personal progression plan.
• Meet with clients regularly to review their progress.
• Undertake interventions on a one-to-one basis, run sessions for groups of clients covering a wide range of subjects from CV workshops to online job searching to confidence and motivation as well as working with local employers acting as an intermediary for your clients.
• Deliver an exceptional level of customer service at all times.

Skills and Experience

• Leaving Certificate standard (as a minimum). A level 7 qualification or working towards is desirable but not a pre-requisite.
• Minimum of two years' experience in an employment activation, recruitment, training, career coaching or counselling role, preferably with long term unemployed clients farthest from the labour market. 
• Previous knowledge of and experience in addressing long term, social and economic unemployment factors and barriers, that may present themselves, such as Mental health, Addiction, homelessness, literacy, lack of confidence, motivation and routine, as well as factors such as, generational differences and personal circumstances. 
• Excellent influential and persuasion skills to constructively confront client barriers.
• Operational experience working in a client facing environment delivering a professional 'people' service end to end. 
• Be fully IT literate in using a range of Microsoft Office programmes.
   

Additional Information

SEETEC EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS IRELAND deliver Employability services across Ireland through various Government contracts (Department of Social protection) to assist the long term unemployed in returning to the workforce through upskilling and job brokering.
Working with over 10,000 Irish businesses and employers, Seetec has helped over 45,000 people into work in Ireland to date. The company directly employs over 120 people in Ireland working in locations across Ireland primarily in Dublin, Louth, Meath, Athlone, Longford, Mullingar, Galway and Mayo.
Seetec Employment and Skills Ireland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern values.
Seetec Employment and Skills Ireland is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.