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INTERNAL ONLY - This post is open to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Employees Only

Would you like to be part of leading and developing our service? We have a role offering exciting opportunities for the right candidate to join us. We are looking for a motivated, compassionate, and enthusiastic individual to join our team and contribute to the innovative work taking place in Talking Therapies.

You will be working in a supportive environment, responsible for developing and coordinating the West Berkshire Talking Therapies Employment service. Predominantly developing training plans, overseeing service performance and data, and providing supervision and line management to Employment Advisors. You will hold a small caseload helping people that are experiencing low mood and/or anxiety with practical employment matters.

If you have the skills and experience and are passionate about supporting and empowering our clients to achieve their goals and aspirations, focusing on their employment journey, come along and join us in TT where you will make a difference!

Flexibility is essential for this role, with a combination of working remotely from home and travelling across Berkshire as and when required.

This position offers excellent training and development opportunities for the right candidate.

We welcome applicants who speak additional languages fluently. 

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·       Monitor the performance and delivery of the Employment Service and keep the Clinical Service Managers updated on progress and any emerging issues, and work collaboratively to develop solutions

·       Produce and present regular data reports for the service to monitor our performance

·       Provide mentoring and coaching to Senior Employment Advisors

·       Support a small caseload of clients to find work, stay in work, or return to work after sick leave

·    Provide monthly one to one caseload reviews with Employment Advisors to problem solve and identify strategies to help support clients, guiding them individually in best practice

·       Offer support via telephone, video calls (Teams), emails, and face-to-face as needed

·       Offer varied and tailored support to individuals, using tools and resources to empower clients to resolve practical employment issues

·       Research national and local sources of employment support and guidance, adding to the team’s bank of resources

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. 

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

No agencies to contact Berkshire Healthcare directly please.