Ips in Primary Care Lead Employment Specialist

6 months ago


Colchester, United Kingdom Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

EPUT is very excited and proud to be expanding our portfolio of Employment Support services working with Essex County Council who have been successful in securing funding from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This funding will help those across Essex with mental and physical health needs achieve and retain good quality paid work. This builds on a long track record and reputation at EPUT for helping to make a difference to people’s lives through promoting sustainable employment that improves mental and physical health and brings wider community benefits.

The service is called IPS in Primary Care and the main focus is to work alongside primary and community healthcare providers who will be the main referrers into the service and deliver high quality support to help those referred to gain and sustain in paid employment. EPUT is looking for a Lead Employment Specialist who is passionate about employment as a way of positively impacting mental and physical health to help supervise operations in the North and Mid Essex area providing high quality leadership and direction for a team including Employment Specialists and Peer Support Workers.

The Lead Employment Specialist will report to the Team Leaders for Mid and North Essex and be accountable for ensuring that staff are well lead and supported to deliver high quality services that are well aligned to IPS Fidelity. The role will involve providing supervision, training, mentoring and role modelling of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach, as part of the holistic recovery plan for mental health service users. The Lead Employment Specialist will provide a pivotal role in managing a high-quality service that meets fidelity standards and delivers positive outcomes for service users.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Working with the Team Leaders to deliver a high-quality service that adheres to the principles of IPS best practice and Job Retention.

Meet regularly with the Service Manager and Team Leader to agree priorities and work plans and deputise for the Manager as required.

To monitor and manage the performance of the IPS Employment Specialists, and Job Retention Specialists to support them individually in best practice by field mentoring, aiming to achieve individual and team job outcome targets.

To identify training needs of staff and arrange appropriate training to support with continuous professional development.

To support the design and delivery of in-house staff training, coaching and field mentoring and observations to ensure continuous improvement in key areas of service provision.

Coordinate the work of Employment Specialists and Job Retention Specialists in a region in relation to building relationships with employers to effectively access the hidden labour market, external agencies and the delivery of job seeking groups.

To work with Team Leader to arrange cover for Employment Specialist staff during times of leave.

Responsible for team monthly monitoring reports are accurate and submitted on time to the Business Performance Manager and Team Leader, answering any data capture queries for team data set.

Lead the team to meet and exceed job outcome targets for the service by feeding into employment focused meetings and providing solution focused individual monthly supervision.

Guide, mentor and coach the team to deliver quality individualised employment support through effective vocational planning/ goal setting

Assist the team to build relationships with clinical teams to generate referrals and create collaborative working partnerships with health clinicians where employment support is integrated into mental and physical health treatment.

Support Employment Specialists (ES) in spending time getting to know local employers, in order to negotiate job opportunities that meet each indivi



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