Employment Specialist - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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IPS Employment Specialists B- Permanent Posts

4 full time posts for Liverpool

1 full time post for Warrington

1 part time post hours) for Halton

2 full time posts for Wirral


An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 5 Employment Specialists for the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Services in Liverpool, Wirral, Warrington and Halton.

The IPS Service supports service users with severe and enduring mental health conditions in a range of primary and secondary care settings, who are looking for paid employment as part of their recovery journey.

The IPS Teams are situated under the portfolio of The Life Rooms.


The Employment Specialist will join an Individual Placement and Support Team (IPS) working under the direction of the IPS Employment Services Manager to deliver IPS as part of the holistic recovery plan for mental health service users.


The post holder will work directly with employers to secure work opportunities for people who have experienced mental health problems, and subsequently provide ongoing support depending on employee's and employer's needs.

The aim will be to enable people who have experienced mental health problems to gain and retain paid employment.


Additionally, the post holder will work directly with all relevant stakeholders: the service user, Employment Specialist colleagues, community staff, Consultant Psychiatrists and employers - the aim is to enable the majority of the service users on the caseload to gain and retain paid employment.


Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.


We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.


At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.


The Employment Specialist will be required to manage a caseload of between 20-25 people at any one time of service users that have experienced severe mental health issues and are either currently unemployed or to support individuals to retain their current employment.

The Employment Specialist will be expected to deliver the IPS approach, working directly with all relevant stakeholders.


The Employment Specialist will maintain a professional relationship with the service users of the IPS service, key internal and external stakeholders, with particular attention to confidentiality and the maintenance of professional boundaries.

To adhere to mandatory administrative and data capture protocols when recording the progress of individuals. To keep accurate and complete records of casework, using the appropriate electronic clinical notes systems.


To act independently, using own judgement, knowledge and initiative to develop and understanding of the needs and potential career aspirations of job seekers.

The Employment Specialist will support service users to gain and retain paid
employment, meeting the KPI targets of 2 new job starts per month.


To sensitively gather information, to develop a shared vocational profile and an agreed Job Notion or Curriculum Vitae, for each individual job seeker.

On occasion complex, sensitive and contentious information will need to be provided and/or received. To deal with sometimes emotional and distressing behaviour and difficult situations and circumstances.


To commence rapid job search within 30 days of receiving a referral for a service user, whilst utilising local support networks to help them overcome their barriers to employment.


To research the labour market and spend time getting to know local employers in order to negotiate job opportunities that meet everyone's strengths, needs, abilities and preferences.

Meeting KPI target of 6-8 quality employer contacts each week.


It is the responsibility of the Employment Specialist to source meaningful paid job opportunities for service users through tailored job search and regular contact with employers.

Spend time getting to know local employers, in order to negotiate job opportunities in the hidden labour market that meet each individual's strengths, needs, abilities and preferences.

It is the responsibility of the Employment Specialists t
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