Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a member of staff to join Step On, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) team as an Employment Specialist working across Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire.
The post is fixed term for 12 months and is for 37.5 hours per week.
You will be joining a well-established IPS Employment Service, which has been externally rated as 'good' fidelity and will have access to a range of professional development and training opportunities. IPS training will be provided in the role by IPS Grow/Centre for Mental Health.
Your role will focus on promoting employment and raising expectations and aspirations around the ability of service users to access paid employment. You will receive professional supervision and support from an Employment Team leader, a clinical supervisor, and local peers. You will also be expected to spend time in the community negotiating job opportunities via the hidden labour market, as well as networking with local agencies
If you have a passion for working in mental health services and have excellent communication skills, are person-centered, and have recovery values at your core then we are looking for someone like you.
Please note that the role will require you to travel to appointments within your working day therefore access to reliable transportation is essential.
Main duties of the job
To effectively manage a caseload of twenty people in receipt of Services, in order to facilitate individuals to gain and retain paid employment and/or engage in Higher Education.
To receive complex and sensitive information in the form of referrals from Care Coordinators, to meet regularly with Case Managers to co-ordinate and integrate vocational services into mental health treatment.
To communicate effectively with clients, giving empathy when disclosing sensitive or contentious information, providing reassurance, training and the motivation to move forward and to overcome any barriers to understanding.
About us
Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it.
Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system including twilight shifts and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.
As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trust's Values. These are:
Proud to CARE:
Compassionate
Caring with compassion, it's about how we listen, what we say, what we do.
Approachable
Friendly, welcoming, sharing ideas and being open
Responsible
Taking personal and collective responsibility, being accountable for our actions
Excellent
Striving for the best, for high-quality safe care and continually improving.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Understanding of a range of work procedures and practises following the Centre for Mental Healths intensive IPS Training course, Motivational Interviewing training and benefits advice programme.
To keep updated on changing practice within vocational rehabilitation.
To provide education, information and advice to employers as agreed with the individual, which includes negotiating reasonable adjustments and ongoing contact with employers to ensure job retention.
Using skills of assessment to make judgements, involving facts or situations; completing documentation including Vocational Profiles and individual action plans in order to assess individual support needs. (Help with benefits, travel to work, and managing clients mental health at work.)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Understanding of a range of work procedures and practises following the Centre for Mental Healths intensive IPS Training course, Motivational Interviewing training and benefits advice programme.
To keep updated on changing practice within vocational rehabilitation.
To provide education, information and advice to employers as agreed with the individual, which includes negotiating reasonable adjustments and ongoing contact with employers to ensure job retention.
Using skills of assessment to make judgements, involving facts or situations; completing documentation including Vocational Profiles and individual action plans in order to assess individual support needs. (Help with benefits, travel to work, and managing clients mental health at work.)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated or relevant work experience to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
- oTrained in IPS or willingness to train to diploma level
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of working with people who have experienced mental health problems within health, social services.
Knowledge
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal skills, able to engage service users, their families/friends. Good facilitation skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated or relevant work experience to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
- oTrained in IPS or willingness to train to diploma level
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of working with people who have experienced mental health problems within health, social services.
Knowledge
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal skills, able to engage service users, their families/friends. Good facilitation skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
