Employment Advisor (Health)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose of the job

To provide exemplary case management, including providing support, advice, advocacy and signposting to relevant health services to participants/customers referred to Local London Work and Health Programme, delivered in accordance with professional standards and best practice

To deliver a support plan, including a range of personal development and health-related activities, to enable and inspire individuals to achieve sustained employment and non-employment progression measures, including improving wellbeing, self-confidence and level of independence.

To work in partnership with a wide variety of local agencies and the embedded Local London Work and Health Programme team to provide the best support to individuals seeking employment

Principal accountabilities

Implementation

• Working as part of a multi-skilled team, ensure that referred individuals have access to the most appropriate element of the Local London Work and Health Programme service or that of another service partner where appropriate

• To identify and overcome the barriers to gaining and sustaining employment, provide advice and recommendations to facilitate a sustained return to work

• Helping individuals to identify goals, prioritise and plan through successful delivery and co-ownership of agreed development plan.

• Helping individuals to identify the strengths, skills and resources they already have which will enable them to make progress, identifying and recognising the signs of positive progress

• Providing support to individuals when they progress into work, including adaptation, rapid response and career development

• Delivering group and one-to-one bespoke health and employability interventions to support individuals development using a range of techniques including CBT mindfulness and motivational interviewing

• Ensuring contract compliance through accurate data entry, completion of contractual and internal documentation and/or provider guidance

• Making effective use of appropriate resources to ensure commerciality and value for money

• Building strong relationships with referral partners and local health stakeholders to generate programme flow and to offer the most coordinated inclusive service to the individual

• Liaising with treatment providers and suppliers, where necessary, to support the customer in their employment journey

• Ensuring that professional practice standards and best practice are maintained in all areas of work

• Analyse and interpret clinical information and medical evidence, where appropriate, to support individuals to achieve their goals

• Work effectively with a multidisciplinary team and build positive working relationships with external health stakeholders and non-clinical colleagues

• Applying professional skills and managing own professional competence and accountability, in accordance with the NMC/HCPC Code of Conduct

• Maintaining all relevant CPD (continuous professional development) requirements and ensuring revalidation activities are completed within appropriate timescales

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult or Mental Health Nurse or recognised qualification in a mental health related profession, recent relevant experience in an equivalent casework type role (MH Nurse/CPN) or
• HCPC registered, member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, recent relevant experience in an equivalent casework type role (Physiotherapist) or
• Experience as an HCPC registered social worker or
• HCPC registered, holds approved degree or post-grad Diploma/Masters in Occupational Therapy, recent relevant experience in an equivalent casework type role
• (Occupational Therapist)

Desirable

• Level 2 accreditation BABCP (British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies) or MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy) with practical coaching experience of individual and/or groups

Experience

Essential

• Experienced in and evidence of successful support and case management for customers with a variety of complex needs
• Resilient and tenacious with a desire to continuously maintain high standards
• Evidence of CPD
• Good level of computer skills (Microsoft Office) and ability to pick up and learn other systems as and when required
• Good communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to adapt to a wide range of communication and learning styles
• A team player, with good interpersonal skills, specifically around building rapport, listening, questioning, influencing skills to enable, build and maintain effective relationships
• Customer-focused, with a strong commitment to customer care
• Ability to plan and organise workload to meet required targets and deadlines. Flexible, adaptable and able to work and travel across different boroughs and work outside normal office hours on occasion

Other additional requirements

Essential

• Postholder should be willing to travel to other sites across the borough in order to support client caseload
• Some evening/weekend work may be required from time to time

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

London Borough of Bexley

Address

Resources Plus

104 Erith High Street

Erith

Kent

DA8 1SL

Employer's website

https://www.bexley.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)