Employment Specialist

Devon Partnership Nhs Trust; Highweek; In loco; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting an Employment Specialist to join the Workways IPS team, supporting Early Intervention Teams across Torbay, South & West Devon. The role is based in the community with admin base in Exminster, near Exeter.

You will work closely with service users, employers and agencies to deliver IPS-supported employment and education pathways, maintaining a caseload of up to 20. Inclusive values and flexible working are encouraged.

Competenze

• Experience of supporting employers and helping people with a health condition (preferably mental health-related) to find employment is essential to the role.
• In this role you will be working closely with service users, employers, Job Centres and other agencies to deliver high quality, effective employment support using IPS.

Mansioni

• Assist Early Intervention Team clients to find and receive support while in paid employment using the IPS approach.
• Provide information, guidance and support to clients who want to progress with education and training in line with IPS principles.
• Manage a caseload of up to 20 service users and work with a small, friendly team in community settings.

Descrizione del lavoro

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Workways Individual Placement and Support (IPS) team to work closely with the Early Intervention Teams within DPT (STEP).

Workways are recruiting an Employment Specialist staff join the STEP team that covers Torbay, South & West Devon.

The Workways admin base is in Exminster, near Exeter, but day to day work for the post holder will be based within the Early Intervention Team base and predominantly in the community.

Post holders will work closely with and receive management and clinical supervision from the established Workways team who are currently working alongside all adult Core Mental health teams within DPT.

The post holder will be involved in assisting Early Intervention Team clients to find and receive support while in paid employment using the evidenced based Individual Placement &Support (IPS) approach.

The post holder will also provide information, guidance and support to clients who want to progress with education and training working closely to the IPS priniciples.

Experience of supporting employers and helping people with a health condition (preferably mental health-related) to find employment are essential to the role., In this role, as an Employment Specialist, you will be working closing with service users, employers, Job Centres and other agencies, to deliver high quality, effective employment support using Individual Placement and Support (IPS), the evidence-based method of finding work for individuals with significant mental health needs.

You will have the opportunity to work with a small, friendly team, managing a caseload of no more than 20 service users. IPS focuses on delivering high quality support for individuals so you will have the chance to work closely with each person on your caseload.

In the field of employment support you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and practice in a unique and highly rewarding way, using your existing knowledge of mental health and social care, and taking this into the rapidly developing national arena of IPS services.

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do