The opportunity to change minds. The power to change lives.
For people who need mental health support, getting back into work is a vital step on their recovery journey. The evidence backs this up, but, although 90% of people with severe mental illness want to work, only 8% of them are in paid employment. That’s why we’re looking for people to join a community mental health team or early intervention team as an Employment Specialist, to champion our mission and help people who need mental health support get back into work.
These are incredibly rewarding roles - you’ll have the opportunity to transform the lives of your clients, to give them hope, direction and support their recovery journey. This is also a challenging role, so you’ll need to be resilient, empathetic and dedicated to finding clients a role that’s right for them. As a people person, you’ll build a good rapport with your clients, gaining a real understanding of their key skills, their aspirations and their career goals and finding them opportunities to match. You'll spend time building productive relationships with both new and existing employers in order to identify and negotiate job opportunities in the hidden labour market.
Main duties of the job
If you’re looking for a career where you can make a positive difference to the lives of people needing mental health support and create a fairer, more inclusive society in a role where no two days are the same, apply today.
These are exciting opportunities for enthusiastic, self-assured and positive individuals who would like to help people who have experienced mental ill health into sustainable employment as part of their recovery.
The post-holder will be embedded alongside mental health professionals in community mental health settings and will support a caseload of up to 25 individuals with all the activities that will help them to gain and retain a suitable paid job.
The post-holders will also be a member of the IPS Employment Team who are embedded in teams across NHFT’s adult mental health services and will be supported by the IPS Team Leader.
These roles are based out of St Mary’s Hospital, Kettering but seeing service users around Corby (occasional opportunity for home working) with some travel countywide, and about 65% of time is spent in community settings. The ability to travel to different community locations and employers’ premises is essential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Well written and structured application form, free of errors
* Compelling reason for applying for this post
Education
* Educated to degree level or directly relevant industrial experience (over 2 years).
Experience
* Experience of working with people with mental health problems or a similar client group, helping them to obtain or keep work
* Knowledge of the local labour market.
Skills
* Good marketing skills for promoting service to employers, service users and staff.
* Time management and organisational skills
* IT skills - MS Word, Excel and using internet for research
* Basic coaching skills.
Knowledge
* An understanding of the principles and practices of supported employment
* Demonstrates an understanding of the equality act 2010 and the benefits system for people with health conditions.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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