Money and Employment Caseworker (Mental Health)
Location: Sheffield – Gleadless & Heeley
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £26,457 - £28,500 based on experience
Contract: One Year Fixed Term
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Join us and help change lives in your community
At Mental Health UK, we believe everyone should be able to live a fulfilling life, with the right support at the right time. Our Money & Employment teams help people across Sheffield to manage financial challenges, access specialist advice, and move closer to meaningful paid employment — all while navigating the realities of mental health difficulties.
We're now launching an exciting new pilot within the Sheffield 24/7 mental health partnership, and we're looking for a passionate and skilled Money and Employment Caseworker to join us.
If you're committed to improving people's financial wellbeing, understand the barriers created by mental health, and want to make a real impact locally, we'd love to hear from you.
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About the role
This unique role blends specialist money advice with employment support using the IPS (Individual Placement and Support) model. You'll work one-to-one with people who are experiencing mental health challenges, helping them stabilise their financial situation and take steps towards sustainable paid work.
You'll be based within the community in Gleadless and Heeley, working closely with mental health professionals, local partners, and employers to provide early, accessible support that prevents crisis and supports recovery.
You will:
1. Deliver high-quality money advice, including debt casework, budgeting, income maximisation and welfare benefits support.
2. Complete holistic assessments to understand clients' financial, wellbeing, and employment needs.
3. Support individuals to progress towards paid employment using the IPS approach.
4. Build strong relationships with local employers, referral routes and community services.
5. Maintain accurate casework records and uphold quality, safeguarding and compliance standards.
6. Contribute to ongoing learning and service development within this innovative pilot.
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About you
We're looking for someone who is motivated, compassionate, and confident working both independently and as part of a wider team.
You'll need:
7. Accredited or recognised training in money advice (e.g. IMA or Wiser Adviser).
8. Experience delivering debt casework and ideally providing welfare benefits advice.
9. Strong understanding of the link between financial wellbeing, employment, and mental health.
10. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
11. Ability to work flexibly in community and remote settings.
12. Experience using electronic case management systems.
It would be great if you also bring:
13. Accreditation with the Institute of Money Advisers (or willingness to work towards it).
14. Experience in supported employment or knowledge of employment legislation.
15. Experience working in mental health services or lived experience of mental health challenges.
16. Skills in assessing risk and developing support plans.
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Why join Mental Health UK?
You'll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking organisation that puts people with lived experience at the heart of its work. We offer ongoing training, regular supervision, opportunities for progression, and the chance to contribute to a truly meaningful pilot programme that will shape future service delivery.
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Ready to apply?
If you're passionate about empowering people severely affected by mental illness, and you have the skills to support both financial stability and employment aspirations, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us create a future where everyone can thrive.
Why Work With Rethink Mental Illness?
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That's why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:
17. Inclusive Culture: Join staff networks that champion diversity and inclusion.
18. Wellbeing Support: Access our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and the Unmind mental health app.
19. Recognition & Rewards: Enjoy discounts, cashback offers, and celebrate achievements through our PULSE platform.
20. Flexible Working & Generous Leave: Starting at 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with options to buy or sell extra days.
21. Learning & Development: Grow your career with structured onboarding and training opportunities.
22. Financial & Family Support: Contributory pension scheme, enhanced family leave, and travel benefits like season ticket loans and cycle-to-work schemes.
23. Referral Bonus: Earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us, and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we're working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.