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Job summary

A leading company, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking an Employment Specialist to provide employment services for individuals with mental health conditions. The role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team and developing partnerships with local employers while supporting clients to achieve their career goals. The trust values diversity and encourages applications from individuals with lived experience of mental health issues.

Qualifications

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
  • Training in IPS and accredited coaching qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide tailored employment coaching for clients with mental health conditions.
  • Promote the employment service to stakeholders to ensure referrals.
  • Network with employers to identify job opportunities.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills
High standard of written English
Confident using digital technology
Excellent time management
Ability to communicate clearly
Passion for supporting people with mental health

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience
Training or qualification in Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
Accredited qualification in coaching or career guidance

Job description

Employer South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Chaucer Community Resource Centre Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 per annum incl. of HCAs (Pro rata for part time ) Salary period Yearly Closing 08/07/2025 23:59

Employment Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 5

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

To provide an effective employment service for people with severe and enduring mental health conditions who want to work.

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary mental health team, working alongside other mental health and social care professionals, providing joined-up mental health care.

To develop partnerships with employers, local providers and services to ensure that the employment support needs of clients are met.

To work as part of the Work Well network, sharing knowledge and expertise with a range of other employment professionals across Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.

Main duties of the job

Promoting the employment service to mental health professionals, service users and carers, to ensure a steady flow of referrals.

Helping clients to identify and consider options for obtaining work and staying in work, and set their own personal job goals; assessing their needs and developing appropriate actions plans to overcome barriers to work.

Delivering individually tailored one-to-one employment coaching support to a diverse range of clients, considering their individual needs, using a range of communication methods including face-to-face appointments, video meetings, telephone calls, emails, texts and social media.

Networking and engaging with local employers to identify job opportunities that meet the needs of clients and the employer.

Challenging clients, employers, and other professionals when appropriate to reduce negative beliefs, stigma and discrimination (including self-stigma and self-discrimination).

Working as part of a team, sharing knowledge and expertise, and contributing to team meetings, service development activities and the wider Work Well network.

Typing clear and concise session notes, entering data onto electronic databases, and obtaining written evidence of outcomes (e.g. job starts) in a timely manner, ensuring that files and systems are always up-to-date and accurate.

Working independently to manage own time and workload and keeping track of own progress towards targets.

Working for our organisation

About Work Well:

Work Well is a department within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust that supports people to find work.

Our mission is to support people who are unemployed in achieving their own career goals. We believe everyone can work, and people should have choice about the type of work they want to do, and when to do it. Our vision for the future is a society where everyone can work, if they want to.

Our values are:

  • Person-centred: we don’t tell people what to do, we give them information so they can make their own career decisions.
  • Empowering: we don’t do things for people, we give them tools so they can do things themselves.
  • Inspiring: we don’t just help people find a job, we help them set long term career goals for the life they want to live.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assessed by Application (A), Interview (I), or Test (T).

Qualifications

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent level of knowledge gained through relevant work experience (A).

Experience

  • Recent experience of supporting or coaching individuals on a one-to-one basis (in a voluntary role or paid role), verified by an employer reference[1] (A).
  • Lived experience of mental health problems or caring for someone with a mental health problem (A).

Knowledge

  • Demonstrates clear understanding of what the Employment Coach role involves (A, I).
  • Have an understanding of how employer engagement enhances the IPS offer to patients (A, I)
  • Have knowledge of the local area/South London or can demonstrate a commitment to building local knowledge to best support our patients.

Skills

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate with others clearly (verbally and non-verbally) and work as part of a team (A, I, T).
  • Negotiate, engage, persuade and influence relevant stakeholders such as employers (A, I, T).
  • High standard of written English (A, I, T).
  • Confident using digital technology and proficient in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams (A, I, T).
  • High level of learning agility; adapts positively to change and feedback (A, I, T).
  • Excellent time management; plans and organises own workload independently (A, I, T).
  • Exceptional listening skills; able to perceive and interpret verbal and non-verbal messages (A, I, T).
  • Demonstrates passion for supporting people with mental health problems into work (A, I, T).
  • Demonstrates a commitment to diversity and inclusion (A, I, T).
  • Takes responsibility for own actions and personal development (A, I, T).

Qualifications

  • Training or qualification in Individual Placement and Support (IPS) (A).
  • Accredited qualification in coaching or career guidance (A).
  • Training or qualification in Job Retention Support (A).

Experience

  • Experience of delivering employment advice or coaching to people who are unemployed or have a disability or mental health problem (A).
  • Experience of engaging employers to identify job opportunities (A).
  • Experience of delivering training courses or workshops in person or online (A).

Knowledge

  • Demonstrates clear understanding of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model (A).

[1] References will be requested at job offer stage.

Person specification
Qualifications
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent level of knowledge gained through relevant work experience (A).
  • Training or qualification in Individual Placement and Support (IPS) (A).
  • Accredited qualification in coaching or career guidance (A).
Experience
  • Recent experience of supporting or coaching individuals on a one-to-one basis (in a voluntary role or paid role), verified by an employer reference1 (A).
  • Experience of delivering employment advice or coaching to people who are unemployed or have a disability or mental health problem (A).
  • Experience of engaging employers to identify job opportunities (A).
  • Experience of delivering training courses or workshops in person or online (A).
  • Lived experience of mental health problems or caring for someone with a mental health problem (A).
Knowledge
  • Demonstrates clear understanding of what the Employment Coach role involves (A, I).
  • Have an understanding of how employer engagement enhances the IPS offer to Patient (A,1)
  • Have knowledge of local areas/ South london or can demonstrate a commitment to best support our patientsto building local knowledge
  • Demonstrates clear understanding of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model (A).
Skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate with others clearly (verbally and non-verbally), negotiate, persuade, and influence, and work as part of a team (A, I, T).
  • Confident using digital technology and proficient in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams (A, I, T).
  • High level of learning agility; adapts positively to change and feedback (A, I, T).
  • Excellent time management; plans and organises own workload independently (A, I, T).
  • Exceptional listening skills; able to perceive and interpret verbal and non-verbal messages (A, I, T).
  • Demonstrates passion for supporting people with mental health problems into work (A, I, T).
  • Takes responsibility for own actions and personal development (A, I, T).

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

  • Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
  • Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
  • We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

  • That all applications for this post will need to be made online
  • That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
  • That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
  • That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
  • That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
  • That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
  • That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
  • That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

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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