Employment Advisor

Job summary

Employment Advisor - Band 5

Fixed term: 12 months

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 late shift per week, 12-8 pm)

Salary is dependant on experience

This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who are dedicated to the principles of social inclusion to work with adults with mild to moderate mental health needs.

Working in Bromley Talking Therapies in conjunction with the DWP the role supports people accessing primary care therapy provision with their employment challenges. The role is a hybrid role that involves working with clients through a mix of home working/clinic-based work, via telephone, and face-to-face appointments.

This could be to help with job retention, assisting people in finding and sustaining paid employment, or voluntary work. As part of a wider team, you will work closely with the psychological therapy team and other agencies.

Proposed interview date week commencing 26thth February 2024

Main duties of the job

The principal role of the EA is to provide information, advice, and guidance to all Bromley Talking Therapies clients who choose to receive employment support. The EA should work to empower the client to make better decisions about their working lives, and communicate better with their colleagues and managers at work.

The EA is responsible for engaging with the client to establish the client's employment goals. The EA will work with the clinician and the client to produce a personalized action plan to ensure that psychological treatment and employment support are provided to support the individual to improve their mental health and meet their stated employment goals, which may be to improve their current employment or find alternative work.

These employment goals could include:

• To find a suitable job
• To return to work from sick leave
• To improve the working environment in which the client is working
• To leave work and find more suitable alternative employment
• To retire from work

The EA will work directly with Jobcentre Plus, Work & Health Programme providers, employers, trade unions and employment agencies to support people to stay in employment and secure employment opportunities.

About us

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people, and adults. Being born from NHS Bromley's community provider unit we have been providing community services to the people of Bromley for many years and we have a wealth of experience.

Bromley Healthcare is a great place to work. The unique way we deliver services and offer everyone who works here a voice means that your career with us will be rewarding. Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS (such as excellent training and development) with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.