Employment Specialist

8 months ago


Wisbech, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you want to be part of an innovative service to help people with substance misuse back into work?

Do you understand the importance of work and the vital role it can play in the lives of those with health conditions or disabilities?

Do you take pride in what you do, and can you think creatively about how different organisations can work together to deliver a better service?

Are you happy to talk with employers and help match people into meaningful work?

If this sounds like you, then you might be ideal for our Employment Specialist role to embed within the CGL Drug and Alcohol service in Fenland.

We are looking for an Employment Specialist to join our new CPFT IPS Team. You will manage a caseload of clients in structured treatment for drug and/or alcohol use, assisting them in securing paid employment. You will work as part of a community drug and alcohol treatment service, maintaining positive and integrated relationships using the Individual Placement and Support approach (IPS).

Building the profile of employment within the drug and alcohol teams, and raising expectations around the ability of service users under those teams to find employment.

Building effective working relationships with external employers to secure employment opportunities for people who have experienced substance misuse.

Providing on-going support according to needs of both employer and employee in order to enable people to retain employment.

Helping those currently employed but struggling to get appropriate support at work.

Ensuring the service follows evidenced-based Individual Placement and Support (IPS) practice

Please note, this is not an administrative role, it is a client facing role which includes working to achieve set KPIs and targets.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Support service users to identify and meet their vocational goals by providing individually tailored programmes using a person-centred approach.

Actively and regularly engage with employers and employment providers and seek out employment opportunities for service users.

Proactively address barriers to education, training and employment through partnership working with services.

Ensure effective communication with CGL team colleagues and relevant organisations internal and external to the Trust.

Ensure that service users are supported to progress through the service in a timely manner and are discharged / signposted / referred on at appropriate stages of their treatment.

Make regular written and verbal reports concerning the progress of service users, and maintain written and electronic records as per Trust policy.

Contribute positively to the achievement of service targets and outcomes to achieve commissioners requirements and target.

Complete required records for caseload and service activity and achievement of outcomes.


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