Employment Support Advisor

1 week ago

Cannock, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time
4 positions in the West (Cannock, Stafford )

3 positions in the East (Burton, Tamworth)

0.6 position in North (Newcastle and Leek)


Are you an experienced Employment Advisor or Specialist seeking a new and exciting opportunity? If so, we have a fantastic role available that may be of interest to you.

We are currently recruiting for an Employment adviser position, focused on assisting individuals with anxiety disorders and/or depression to gain or retain

  • To manage a caseload of people of people who have experienced an anxiety disorder and/or depression to enable them to retain or gain further education or paid employment.
  • To work with the Talking Therapies service as an Employment Advisor working with case managers and being responsible for those clients who are wanting to move into employment, education or voluntary work.
  • To provide specialist support to enable clients to make the successful transition from unemployment or further education to paid employment.
  • To prepare individuals for employment through assessing each person's employment needs through vocational profiling.
  • To provide individualised, support to clients once they have secured employment to assist them in sustaining employment.
  • To provide education and support to employers, which may include negotiating adjustments and ongoing support with the employer to ensure job retention
  • To provide outreach services as necessary when they appear to disengage from the service, maintaining some contact with them even without a vocational focus if necessary to sustain engagement.
  • To assess individual's support needs related to work which might typically include help with benefits, travel to work etc.
  • To work flexibly as required by the individual and the employer which may require some working out of 'normal office' hours


MPFT provides physical and mental health care, learning disability, and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin.

In addition, we provide services on a wider regional and national basis. We serve a population of 1.5 million and employ around 8,500 members of staff.

By joining MPFT you will become part of a diverse and inclusive team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:

- putting people at the heart of what we do

  • Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
- delivering better health, better care in partnership We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals. All have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us

We will support your career development and progression. Membership of the excellent NHS pension scheme, generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave, pay and the option for flexible working.

You will receive up to 27 days annual leave (increasing to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.

We are also proud to have a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.


To be successful in this role, you will need to build strong relationships with mainstream education providers and employers to secure education and employment opportunities while providing ongoing support.

You will also liaise with Job Centre Plus, Trade Unions, and DWP as necessary.


Working in close collaboration with Talking Therapies staff, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality care for individuals with anxiety disorders and depression using a NICE-approved package of care.

The position will require you to work in various locations across Newcastle Borough and the Staffordshire Moorlands, Tamworth and Burton or Stafford and Cannock.


  • Meet regularly with practitioners and therapists to coordinate and integrate vocational services into psychological therapies.
  • To proactively engage and work with employers and further education providers to ensure effective individualised supports are in place for clients. In addition, to engage and work with employers to openup and secure employment opportunities for people with anxiety disorder and/or depression.
  • Develop and maintain good working relationships with other organisations that are better able to help individuals to achieve their education / employment goals for example, local colleges and training providers.
  • Maintain a professional relationship with service users, carers, staff and other professionals, with particular attention to confidentiality and the maintenance of boundaries.
  • To demonstrate compassion and an understanding of the wider issues that surround a person and their family when they suffer from an anxiety disorder and/or depression.
  • To produce written reports, progress notes and assessments on the Talking Therapies clinical system relating to the area of specialism and in line with trust prot

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