Senior Employment Advisor
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,939.00 to £50,697.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £42939.00 - £50697.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | Mitcham, CR4 4TP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9294-25-0340 |
Summary
1. To lead, develop and manage the integrated employment support offered within the service. 2. To ensure that employment support is integrated with clinical treatment. Through close working with the low intensity workers develop their skills in recognizing and responding to the employment related issues. 3. To ensure that the employment intervention can start before the therapeutic intervention and both can proceed simultaneously. 4. To establish referral mechanisms that acknowledges that early intervention is the main driver and seeks to minimise delays to employment intervention as a matter of priority. Therefore, referral pathways include Talking Therapies staff but also GPs, self-referral and from employers for employment support 5. To ensure that the management and supervision systems acknowledge early intervention as a key component of the employment support and have mechanisms for remediation 6. To be responsible for the promotion of the employment support provision within the business community. The aim will be to raise awareness within the business community of the employment support provision and the implications for business effectiveness. 7. To be responsible for the development of employer engagement. This will include developing relationships with the Local Employment Partnership and those employers who have restricted or no access to Occupational Health services and who signal concern about sickness absence related to mental health issues. 8. To be responsible for the development of partnership agreements with agencies and organisations that help people retain and gain employment including Pathways to Work providers, Jobcentre Plus and all other local employment and training agencies. 9. To establish and maintain employment data as part of the IAPTUS software but also the collection of additional data where needed (i.e. data on timing of intervention) 10. To supervise the work of the Employment Specialists ensuring that they work to evidence based practices and provides an early intervention. 11. To ensure that the Employment Specialists have the training and skills necessary to effectively carry out their jobs. 12. To provide case management advice to the Employment Specialists on more complex employment scenarios. The aim will be to ensure there is provision to meet the needs of individuals who face particularly complex employment scenarios 13. To be responsible for ordering stationery and equipment as appropriate. 14. To work flexibly as required by the individual and the employer which may require some working out of normal office hours. 15. To maintain a professional relationship with the clients of the programme and with other staff, with particular attention to confidentiality and the maintenance of boundaries.