“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”
Purpose
You’re the person who can help individuals access the right help at the right time. Mental Health Employment Advisers will understand their communities and the wide range of services available within them. They are passionate about getting it right, able communicators and focused on using their experience to connect people with the help they need in their own communities.
Working daily with clients, employers and service providers Mental Health Employment Advisers are focused on making sure a person’s journey to employment and better wellbeing is as easy as possible. Brokering existing service and helping to develop new local provision, liaising with primary and secondary health care professionals, checking in on progress and making sure we can evidence the outcomes of the service are all important facets of the job – a job that makes a real difference in the lives of people.
Essential:
You will have:
1. Minimum of SVQ/NVQ level 3
2. Experience of delivering mental health and wellbeing interventions in a case management approach
3. Experience of facilitating and supporting clients with complex and/or multiple barriers to success in health and social care settings
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Location:
This role will be based in Maidstone and may have a small caseload of service users in other West Kent areas.
Employee Benefits
As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:
4. 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
5. 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
6. An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
7. Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
8. Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
9. Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Menopause Peer Support Group, The MANaging Network, The Young Professionals Network and Back to Work Support Group)
10. Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan