Employment Specialist

3 weeks ago

Gosport, United Kingdom Richmond Fellowship Full time

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We are looking for Employment Specialists to be part of an exciting new service across Hampshire – including Winchester, Basingstoke, Havant, Gosport, Romsey and Totton. 

Are you passionate about making a difference and supporting others to achieve their individual employment goals? Or looking for a role that offers flexibility and immense job satisfaction? Then wait no longer and apply for a role that will support people with mental health issues to find paid employment as art of their recovery and improving their lives.

What’s in it for you?

This is a fantastic opportunity to really make a difference in people’s lives and develop your own skills at the same time, whilst keeping your clients at the heart of everything you do. A stepping stone for future progression, this varied and fulfilling role will see you work alongside clinical teams, the people we support, employers and other key stakeholders in the community with training from both Richmond Fellowship and the IPS platform.

Alongside a generous base salary, we also offer fantastic flexibility with the opportunity to arrange your own working schedule as well as training, development, and progression opportunities.

What will I be doing?

Individual Placement & Support – IPS – Employment services support people to find paid employment as part of their recovery. Day to day you will be supporting clients with mental health support needs to find and sustain paid employment as a key element of their recovery - engaging with employers and building good working relationships with Mental Health teams along the way.

You’ll offer support, careers advice and guidance, helping people to set their own recovery and employment focused goals and provide training in personal and skills development such as CV preparation, interview techniques etc.

Additionally, you will have responsibility for maintaining efficient admin systems to ensure referrals, assessments, progress and reviews are completed in a timely manner.

We are looking for:

Experience of working in a customer facing environment e.g. Customer Services, Social Care, Hospitality, Sales etc Experience of working in a performance target driven environment Willingness to travel locally and dedicated to working in the community.

This is a permanent full‐time post at 37.5 hours a week.

The applicant will need to be in possession of a driver’s license and access to a vehicle for work. 

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? 

This is a rolling recruitment process; shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

To apply, please visit our website. 

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview, please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

It is a mandatory requirement of the application process for this post that candidates submit a CV and Supporting Statement, thus only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. From 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship will be merging with the mental health charity Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. In October 2024, Humankind will then be renamed to reflect the new, bigger and better organisation

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