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Prif leoliad
Employment Services
Gradd
Band 4
Contract
Cyfnod Penodol: 12 mis (Fixed term until 31st March 2025)
Oriau
Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos (Working a mixture of home and community based working)
Cyfeirnod y swydd
364-A-7323-D
Cyflogwr
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr
NHS
Gwefan
Holmer Court
Tref
Colchester
Cyflog
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
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Yn cau
31/05/2024 23:59

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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

IPS in Primary Care Employment Specialist - North or Mid Essex

Band 4

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.

Our Purpose

“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory. 

Trosolwg o'r swydd

EPUT is very excited and proud to be expanding our portfolio of Employment Support services. Working with Essex County Council, who have been successful in securing new funding from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), we are now looking to increase the size of our friendly and supportive team of Employment Specialists. If you are a people person and feel you would enjoy supporting a wide range of Essex residents with achieving their employment goals, then why not apply today!

This funding will help those across Essex with mental and physical health needs achieve and retain good quality paid work.  This builds on a long track record and reputation at EPUT for helping to make a difference to people’s lives through promoting sustainable employment that improves mental and physical health and brings wider community benefits.

The new service is called IPS in Primary Care and the main focus is to work alongside primary and community healthcare providers who will be the main referrers into the service and deliver high quality support to help those referred to gain and sustain in paid employment.

 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to help people with mental and/or physical health needs to access employment. You will be involved in helping people  decide on their employment goals, setting and achieving goals,  including support with job searching, applications, interview skills and providing ongoing in work support after they have found work. 

We are seeking individuals who are person centred and positive in their outlook, have a ‘can do’ attitude and enjoy the challenges of helping people to overcome any barriers to finding work. You must have strong communication skills and confidence in order to build up relationships with all relevant stakeholders including local employers and businesses. You will be required to directly engage with a range of stakeholders (e.g. DWP, Job Centre +, voluntary organisations, training providers etc.) but especially local employers in order to create opportunities for service users and to challenge stigma and discrimination that can at times be associated with mental and/or physical health needs and employment. You will also be meeting and working with individuals and organisations in their local community

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

You will work in partnership with  multi-disciplinary Mental and Physical Health Teams within Primary Care health providers and will be expected to ‘champion the employment agenda’, instilling the belief that people with mental and/or physical health needs want to work and with the right support can work; and therefore generating referrals to the service. You will work in partnership with individual service users, developing relationships that are enabling and empowering. You will be providing an evidence based supported employment service (called Individual Placement and Support/IPS) which will require you to prepare individuals for employment by assessing needs; identifying strengths, help with benefits, support networks, travel to work plans etc.

You will work to individual targets, i.e. the number of people supported into employment, and the number of Employers engaged with. You will be skilled in managing your own time and working with a high level of autonomy; responsible to the Team Leader via regular supervision and support and accountable to the Vocational Manager. You will promote best practice within mental and physical health and employment in the Trust and other organisations in the local area.

Would you like an opportunity to help people who have mental health needs to find meaningful and sustainable work?  Do you currently work or have experience in health or social care, recruitment, employment or education services? If you have transferable skills to enable people to find and sustain employment, this is an excellent opportunity to join our team of Employment Specialists.

We are recruiting for Employment Specialists to cover the North Essex (Colchester and Tendring) or Mid Essex (Chelmsford, Maldon, Dengie, SWF, Braintree, Witham, Colne Valley) areas.

Manyleb y person

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • • Good standard of education; NVQ 3 or equivalent
Meini prawf dymunol
  • • Educated to degree level; Health and Social care related qualification

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • • Vocational assessment and profiling
  • • Knowledge of good practice in employment
  • • Knowledge of relevant Welfare Benefits and benefits rules
  • • Knowledge of the Equality Act 2010
Meini prawf dymunol
  • • An understanding of the principles and practice of supported employment

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • • Experience of working within health, social care or the voluntary sector with people who have experienced mental health problems.
  • • Experience of helping people obtain or sustain employment/training
  • • An understanding of the employment needs and difficulties of people who experience mental health problems.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • • Experience and knowledge of the benefits agency and all disability / employment related benefits.

Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr

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James Taylor
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Team Leader
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07977 713057
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