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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

About
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Contact
- Address
- Trust Head Office
- West Wing
- CEME Centre
- Marsh Way
- Rainham
- Essex
- RM13 8GQ
- Contact Number
- 0300 300 1530
Employment Advisor
Closed for applications on: 18-Mar-2024 12:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 18-Mar-2024 12:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Church Elm Lane Health Centre
- Address
- Church Elm Lane
- Town
- Dagenham, Essex
- Postcode
- RM10 9RR
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months (Funding Available til March 2025)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 plus HCAS per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Employment support
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within NHS Talking Therapies Barking & Dagenham service for an experienced and highly motivated Employment Advisor to join the team. The Talking Therapies Employment Advisors programme is a 2 year initiative to ensure people receive timely access to health support for common mental health problems and integrated employment support so that they avoid long-term unemployment. The principle aim of the Employment Advisor initiative is to create a culture of prevention and early intervention through its integrated work with Talking Therapies by promoting the link between being in work and achieving improved health outcomes.
This role will involve working closely with Psychologists, CBT Therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners who provide psychological therapies to people with common mental health problems. The post holder will also work with various key agencies to support service users to retain, return to, or secure employment opportunities.
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- To assist the Senior Employment Advisor in co-ordinating the ongoing integration of the employment programme in the Talking Therapies team and other related community services.
- To be responsible for the assessment and management of a caseload of service users who have common mental health problems, and seeking to gain or maintain their employment
- To provide individually tailored information, advice and guidance (IAG) to help and support the service users to access and secure suitable employment opportunities.
- To facilitate and lead group workshops for service users to improve their employability skills and knowledge.
- To actively seek feedback from the service users, Talking Therapies' colleagues and external partners in order to improve the employment service.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holders will support the team of clinicians by offering a support service to individuals with common mental health problems to gain, return to or retain employment. The post holder will have a caseload of clients.
Please see attached job description and person specification.
Here at NELFT, embracing a Just and Compassionate Culture is our commitment to our colleagues and to our patients that we will support and promote a culture based on fairness, respect, honesty, and trust, ensuring that we have consistent leadership behaviours and styles across the Trust. Our vision is to create an engaging place to work in partnership, where we value diverse perspectives and work in an environment in which you feel valued, supported, understood, and developed. Our professional relationships are built on a foundation of mutual respect, trust and honesty. We are committed to welcoming and making everyone feel valued here at NELFT.
We embrace continuous learning to improve patient outcomes and we provide outstanding professional development opportunities for our workforce. If you want to grow and progress your career with an organisation that values it's people, take the first step on an exciting career journey and join us today.
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Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 4 in Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) or equivalent experience
- Postgraduate certificate/diploma in a related field (e.g. psychology, counselling, occupational therapy, human resources) or equivalent knowledge acquired through experience
Desirable criteria
- Coaching qualification
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to build and maintain professional links and effective communication channels with a variety of personnel and agencies
- Effectively manage and support a caseload of service users
- High standard of IT skills and a proactive approach to learning new systems
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Desirable criteria
- Skills in coaching, cognitive behavioural therapy and/or motivational interviewing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people who have mental health problems
- Experience of working in an employment support service or similar environment
- Experience of data management and evaluation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing advice on welfare benefits
- Experience of working in a multicultural environment and/or community setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies for Depression and Anxiety
- Knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the employment of people with disabilities and mental health problems
- Knowledge of the local labour market and common recruitment practices
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amirul Islam
- Job title
- Senior Employment Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 300 1554
- Additional information
Amir Islam - Senior Employment Advisor
0300 300 1554 , Opt 3
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