Job overview

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a Senior Employment Advisor to join our Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Talking Therapies Service based in Newcastle-under-Lyme. 

The aim of this role is focused on assisting individuals aged 16 and above with anxiety disorders and/or depression to gain or retain employment using a NICE-approved package of care. You will provide tailored support that varies depending on the client's specific needs. This may involve assisting young people with further education applications, supporting individuals returning to work after long periods of unemployment, helping clients who have never worked to gain employment, and providing guidance to those who have been off sick to return to work.

As part of this role you will require ongoing training and development and you will be required to work towards the Level 4 Employment Advice in Primary Mental Healthcare Qualification.

This role is 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and may require you to accommodate some service users with evening appointments.

You will be expected to adequately travel across a large geographical area across North Staffordshire. 

Main duties of the job

As part of this role you will:

• Supervise and line-manage a team of Employment Advisors to deliver the Employment Support programme.
• Meet regularly with practitioners and therapists to co-ordinate and integrate vocational services into psychological therapies.
• Responsible for managing own caseload of service users who have mild-moderate mental health problems and who are currently unemployed and who wish to return to work.
• Signpost service users to partner organisations for additional support where appropriate, e.g. basic skills, IT training, psychological therapy, confidence building, vocational training.
• Assist service users to improve job search and job securement techniques, including CV/application form/ letter writing/ interview skills, personal presentation and presentation skills.
• Design and lead group workshops for service users to improve their employability skills and knowledge.
• Support service users into one or more of a range of opportunities, depending on individual need, e.g. work experience, voluntary work and paid work, in line with agreed targets.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. 

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications