Overview
We have a great opportunity for a dynamic Employment Specialist to join our Individual Placement and Support Employment Services Team in Milton Keynes. The post is based in the community Mental Health Hub operating across 3 sites in the area.
Responsibilities
* Promote employment and raise expectations that people accessing mental health services can find and keep paid employment.
* Spend a significant amount of time in the community providing intervention to clients, negotiating job opportunities via the hidden labour market, and networking with local agencies.
* Support and motivate individuals with mental health conditions to access and sustain paid employment.
* Provide vocational profiling, CV production, interview techniques, assess the financial implications of work, manage health at work, and arrange necessary adjustments.
* Source job opportunities through regular contact with local employers and promote employment to break down barriers for service users.
* Work within the IPS model and contribute to team targets, receiving supervision from an Employment Team Leader, a clinical supervisor and local peers.
What we offer and working for CNWL
* Part of the Trust-wide Employment Services Team comprising over 40 people.
* Staff benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff networks, travel discounts, employee assistance programme, and retailer discounts.
* A role with potential for long-term career development within the mental health sector.
Requirements / Qualifications
* Degree-level education or relevant work experience in health and social care or employment sectors.
* Strong and persuasive communication, excellent time management and organisational skills.
* Ability to initiate and develop relationships with a variety of individuals and engage employers in the community (phone or face-to-face).
* Experience with people who have mental health support needs or experience in employment support services is helpful but not essential.
* Experience in marketing, recruitment, or sales is relevant for persuasive promotion of the service.
* Driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role.
Contract details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Contract
* Job function: Human Resources
* Industries: Human Resources Services
Salary can only be negotiated where there is a minimum of 2 years experience within employment support.
Location
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
How to apply
Apply today to become an IPS Employment Specialist and make a real difference!
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