Main area Senior Employment Advisor Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (12 months FTC from start date) Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (1 late shift per week, 12-8 pm) Job ref 848-BHC-267-25
Site Beckenham Beacon Town Bromley Salary £44,485 - £52,521 Inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2025 23:59
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
Employees of Bromley Healthcare whose role maybe at risk will receive priority consideration.
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Job overview
Senior Employment Advisor - Band 6
£44,485 - £52,521 Inclusive of HCAS (dependant on NHS experience)
Permanent
Full-time: 37.5 hours per week (1 late shift per week)
Hybrid Working: 4 days remote/1 day in the office per week
Salary is dependent on experience
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual dedicated to the principles of social inclusion to work with adults who have mild to moderate mental health needs.
Working in Bromley Talking Therapies in conjunction with the DWP, the role supports people accessing primary care therapy provision with their employment challenges.
The Senior Employment Advisor will manage a team of Employment Advisors to support service users with common mental health problems to gain, return to, or retain employment. The Senior Employment Advisor will work closely with the psychological therapy clinicians and other agencies.
The role is a hybrid position that involves working with clients through a combination of home-based and clinic-based work. Appointments are conducted via telephone, online, and face-to-face.
The proposed interview date is the week commencing 27th October 2025
Main duties of the job
The Senior Employment Advisor will be responsible for:
* Promoting the Employment Advice Service and working with senior clinicians to ensure that Employment Advisors (EAs) are fully embedded in services.
* Responsible for managing and supervising a team of EAs.
* Ensuring the effective delivery of all work-focused and non-work-focused interventions through effective leadership and management.
* Carry a caseload of clients who have complex employment difficulties.
* Develop good working relationships with local employers, trade unions, Job Centre Plus and other organisations within the local labour market.
Working for our organisation
Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people, and adults. Being born from NHS Bromley’s community provider unit we have been providing community services to the people of Bromley for many years and we have a wealth of experience.
Bromley Healthcare is a great place to work. The unique way we deliver services and offer everyone who works here a voice means that your career with us will be rewarding. Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS (such as excellent training and development) with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the detailed job description, person specification, and main responsibilities in the attached documentation.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* NVQ Level 3 or above in Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) or equivalent
* Trained in the IPS approach
Experience
* Experience of working with people who have experienced mental health problems
* Experience of successfully helping people to obtain or remain in work
* Experience of partnership working, negotiation and liaison work with other agencies
* Experience of providing line management and case management
* Experience of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating specific outcomes
* Experience of delivering IPS based support
Knowledge
* Knowledge and understanding of employment/education needs and difficulties for people with disabilities, special needs, and/or mental health issues
* Knowledge of welfare/ disability/ employment related benefits
* Understanding of relevant disability and employment policy and legislation
* Demonstrable understanding of the principles of confidentiality and information governance
* Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
* Basic counselling, coaching or solution focused therapy skills
* Knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies
Information Technology
* Experience of using electronic patient record systems
* Experience of monitoring and reporting on performance and outcomes
* Extension experience and knowledge of MS Office applications
* Experience of using business intelligence tools and Excel
We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.
To get a sense of what it's like to work with Bromley Healthcare, you can visit our YouTube channel at the following link: YouTube Channel .
Salary is determined by NHS experience and current banding/pay point. External applicants will begin at the entry point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms and conditions.
At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.
We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.
We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:
* Compressed hours
* Part-time
* Job shares
We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.
We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.
Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co-owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees. This ensures that our staff remain under NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (provided they are eligible). If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.
* Please ensure you check your emails regularly, as this is our primary mode of communication throughout the recruitment process. As a general guideline, interviews typically occur within 2 weeks of the closing date.
* When providing employment reference details, please ensure you provide accurate work-related email addresses so references can be promptly sought when progressing your application. Your referees must be individuals known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
* All staff identified as AT-RISK who meet the requirements of the post will be prioritized accordingly.
* The Trust utilizes the TRAC systems recruitment platform to administer all stages of the recruitment process, meaning that shortlisting information will not be communicated via NHS Jobs.
* Bromley Healthcare reserve the right to close adverts earlier than first published.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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