Employment Specialist

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Baildon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust as an Employment Specialist, where you'll support individuals with mental health needs in finding and maintaining employment. Utilizing the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model, you will work closely with clients and local employers to provide tailored guidance and build positive working relationships.

Benefits

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

Wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with clients with severe and enduring mental health needs.
• Ability to build relationships with employers.
• Proven experience in providing person-centered advice and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of clients to assist in securing sustainable paid employment.
• Deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach.
• Collaborate with health and social care professionals.

Job description

We are recruiting an Employment Specialist to join our team.

This role will be community based, working with clients with severe and enduring mental health needs, using the evidenced based model of Individual Placement and Support, supporting individuals into sustained paid employment.

Closing date: 15/06/2025

Shortlisting date: 16/06/2025

Interview date: 24/06/2025 & 25/06/2025

For anyone interested in meeting some of the team, and finding out more about the role, as well as asking any pre interview questions you are invited to attend a teams meeting on Tuesday 10th June 12-1 pm. Please email [e-mail] to request an invite.

You will be responsible for working with clients (managing a caseload) who have severe and enduring mental health needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences.

Delivering the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach,

providing person centered advice and guidance to clients whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

Building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

Working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings across Bradford District Care Trust in collaboration with health and social care professionals within the Community mental health teams, Primary Care Networks as well as outside agencies and employers.

Working directly with employers to secure employment opportunities, and subsequently to provide ongoing support according to both service users and employer’s needs.

Holding specific responsibility and autonomy for delivering of contract Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) within an allocated team.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

Benefits

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Bridges Job title: IPS Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07752064308

For anyone interested in meeting some of the team, and finding out more about the role, as well as asking any pre interview questions you are invited to attend a teams meeting on Tuesday 10th June 12-1 pm. Please email [e-mail] to request an invite.