Job responsibilities To effectively manage a caseload of clients to achieve their employment goal taking into consideration the individuals preferences, skills/experience and barriers to employment. To draw up an agreed Vocational Action Plan to prepare individuals for employment by assessing each persons individual vocational needs which might typically include identifying strengths, help with in-work benefits, overcoming barriers, travel to work plans, etc. To assist individuals in rapid job search, which may include employment preparations such as supporting CV production, job searching, application completion, interview preparation, disclosure statements, exploring in-work benefits etc. To actively identify and develop new relationships and strong links with local employers to facilitate introductions and the hiring of clients under your support using multiple methods of engagement such as phone calling, networking and in person meetings in line with expectations relating to frequency and quality of engagement To provide job sustainment interventions to service users to enable the person to address in-work support needs whilst sustaining their employment, for example, negotiating adjustments to the job role with employers To support other Employment Specialists (ES) and Peer Support Workers via 1 to 1 or group delivery to provide a Fidelity compliant Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model through mentoring, shadowing and modelling techniques. To lead by example whilst delivering employment support by offering shadowing/learning opportunities of each area of key IPS fidelity principles to ES colleagues. To provide specific employment and job sustainment support to the team, providing an enhanced level of expertise and delivering agreed development /action plans / identified and specific work; prioritising the most complex cases. To develop community links in order to increase social inclusion and sharing these links collectively with colleagues to build on best practice. For example education providers, DWP, volunteer agencies, charities and social enterprises. To lead on employment support for clients with complex support needs, either by joint working or assignment- depending on the individuals preferences To provide additional service support as instructed by the Team Leader that is appropriate to the level of the role e.g. support with waiting list allocation. To provide outcome measures on a monthly basis to the Team Leader and provide additional information when requested to support service improvements through monitoring/auditing data. To continue to develop own understanding of government policy in the area of mental health and social inclusion, and to contribute to Trust policies and service development in line with this.