Job summary
- Main area
- Employment Advisors in Talking Therapies
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term end date will be determined after pre-employment checks have been completed.)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 371-MHS508
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London House
- Town
- Bracknell
- Salary
- £45,753 - £52,067 per annum (Incl. of HCAS) + 5.5% 2024/2025 Pay Award
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/09/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/09/2024
Employer heading
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IAPT Employment Service Manager
Band 7
Job overview
Please note the PayScale currently in use is Agenda for Change 2023/2024. We will update the 2024/2025 PayScale once confirmed.
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.
Main duties of the job
· 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
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
1. Ability to run data reports and present data to management
2. Ability to manage teams and monitor performance and outcomes
3. Experience in mental health and/or vocational/employment advice
4. An empathetic and compassionate approach when working with people with low mood and/or anxiety
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
Interviews are due to be held on 19 September 2024.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Sophie Gale on 0300 365 2000 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working with and supporting people who have experienced mental health problems (or other unemployed disadvantaged groups) into and in employment within health
- Experience of partnership working, negotiation and liaison work with other agencies
- Experience of managing a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience and interpretation of welfare benefits; specifically disability, health and employment related benefits
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of welfare benefits and disability/employment related benefits
- Knowledge of the Disability Discrimination Act
- Knowledge of disability and special needs issues in relation to employment/ education
- Knowledge of Employment law
- An understanding of the issues of user involvement in mental health services
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Intermediate IT skills
- Good numeracy, financial and information management skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good facilitation skills
- Good mediation skills
- Effective presentation and training skills
Desirable criteria
- Report writing skills
- Knowledge of government and local funding opportunities regarding learning and employment opportunities
- Basic counselling skills
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophie Gale
- Job title
- Clinical Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03003652000
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