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Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
We are the leading provider of mental health, learning disabilities and substance misuse services in Derby city and Derbyshire county. We also provide a wide range of children’s services. We employ over 2,400 staff based in over 60 locations across the whole of Derbyshire. Across the county and the city, we serve a combined population of approximately one million people.
Our story
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established on 1 February 2011 when Monitor, the independent regulator of health services in England, authorised Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust to become a Foundation Trust.
In April 2011 we became the provider of children’s universal and specialist services for Derby city following a successful tender process.
As part of the Transforming Community Services (TCS) programme, community paediatric services and substance misuse services were also transferred into the organisation from NHS Derby City.
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IPS Employment Specialist
Accepting applications until: 17-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 17-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Derbyshire
- Town
- Various locations across Derbyshire
- Postcode
- S21 1FY
- Major / Minor Region
- Derbyshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Employment
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
Job overview
Mental Health IPS Employment Specialist
Do you want to make a genuine difference and transform someone’s life?
As a result of service expansion, we have 6 full time vacancies for IPS employment specialists to work in one of these separate locations in Derbyshire:
· Bolsover and Clay Cross
Chesterfield
· Ilkeston
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We are looking for a motivated, passionate self-starter who wants to kickstart a career in the mental health sector. This position, with on-the-job training, is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference and support those with mental health needs across the North Derbyshire community.
As an Employment Specialist you will play a vital role in helping people with mental health needs find meaningful and fulfilling employment. You’ll receive all the training and support you need to take on the role, develop your skills and have access to a broad range of opportunities within Derbyshire Healthcare.
We welcome applications from a range of backgrounds and with all kinds of life experience. What you will need is the ability to empathise and build relationships with clients, strong organisational skills, the resilience and confidence to communicate and engage with a range of employers, and a fundamental belief that anyone with a mental health condition can work.
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What is a Mental Health IPS Employment Specialist?
This is an exciting and dynamic role, where no one day is the same and you’ll be making a genuine difference to people’s lives. Using the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model you’ll be:
- Supporting and motivating individuals with mental health needs to access and sustain paid employment.
- Regularly meeting with clients to listen, help them identify their best job match, reflecting on their skills and aspirations, providing support including CV production, interview techniques
- Provide in-work support, assessing each client’s work-related needs, designing a return-to-work strategy, and ensuring job retention with ongoing contact.
- Advocating for your clients by educating and engaging with employers regarding the IPS service.
- Sourcing job opportunities for your clients through regular contact with local employers within the community.
- Work as part of the Derbyshire Healthcare mental health team to promote employment and raise expectations around the ability of service users to access paid employment, breaking down the barriers for them.
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service pro rata for part time
- Free car parking
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an individual who is passionate in joining us to develop the service and transform’s someone’s life. This role calls for empathy and the ability to initiate and develop relationships with a variety of individuals and be able to engage employers using a variety of methods such as via the telephone or face-to-face in the community. Alongside having strong and persuasive communication skills, excellent time management, and exceptional IT and administration skills.
It is desirable, to have experience of working with people with mental health support needs or similar groups, OR experience working in employment support services or equivalent, including working with people on a one-to-one basis, offering motivation and support.
We are also actively interested in individuals with transferrable skills for this role such as experience in using a persuasive communication style, data collection, motivational interviewing or promoting a service to a variety of audiences, this can include, but not limited to, coaching, recruitment, sales, education, training, mentoring, or sales roles.
If you’ve got any questions about the role, feel free to email [email protected] and we’ll be happy to discuss it with you.
To see what other Employment specialists thinkabout working in IPS visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tonTZ1W0Xc
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Employment advisory experience
- Understanding of the impact of work as a recovery tool
- Working knowledge of IPS
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems implementing individual programmes and interventions
- Experience of working with employers and DWP
- Excellent admin skills
- Able to work autonomously
Desirable criteria
- IPS training
- Mental health knowledge
- Employability experience
- Supporting disadvantaged people into employment
- Accurately recording data
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent presentation skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Enthusiasm & understanding towards supporting people with mental health problems find employment
- Engage service users towards vocational goals
- Strong administrator
- Ability to plan and prioritise
- People person who builds rapport
- Understands the importance of audits
Desirable criteria
- Able to build rapport
- Able to demonstrate empathy
- Record data in a timely manner
- Uses tools for organisation
- Accurate data collection
- Understanding of MH services
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Parr
- Job title
- IPS Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919 291368
- Additional information
www.workyourway.net
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If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Recruitment Team
- Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- 1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
- Kingsway
- Derby
- DE22 3LZ
- Telephone
- 07900 136267 (please note, my normal working days are Mon-Thu)
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