Employment Specialist

Join us as a full-time IPS Employment Advisor in Southdown’s Work and Wellbeing Service covering Haywards Heath and play a pivotal role in transforming lives by helping individuals with mental health conditions secure and sustain meaningful employment through the internationally recognised IPS model

• South East
• Full-time

Job overview

Southdown’s Work & Wellbeing Service helps people accessing treatment for mental health support, back into employment. As an Employment Specialist, you’ll be working in partnership with Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust and co-located within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, with some remote and community-based working.

Role

Working as part of the Secondary Mental Health Care team, you’ll support clients in treatment for varied mental health issues, assisting them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. You will deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model; providing person centred guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

Do you understand the importance of work and the vital role it can play in the lives of those with mental health conditions? Here’s a short video about a day in the life of our mental health Employment Specialist: A day in the life of an IPS Employment Specialist

We welcome applications from candidates with previous experience such as Employability Practitioner, Employment Specialist, Recruiter, Employment Advisor, Employment Support Officer, Career Specialist or Job Coach. Or you may be looking for a new challenge and believe you have the transferable skills to support individuals to fulfil their employment goals.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Working with clients (managing a caseload) who have severe and enduring mental health needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences.
• Delivering the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach, providing person centered advice and guidance to clients whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.
• Building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.
• Working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings across Haywards Heath in collaboration with health and social care professionals within the Community mental health teams, Primary Care Networks as well as outside agencies and employers.
• Working directly with employers to secure employment opportunities, and subsequently to provide ongoing support according to both service users and employer’s needs.
• Holding specific responsibility and autonomy for delivering of contract Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) within an allocated team.

The person

Please refer to the Role Profile attached

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