Ips Employment Specialist - Saltaire, United Kingdom - Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Saltaire, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity to join BDCFT IPS service as an IPS Employment specialist is now available.

You would be joining the Service:

To work with clients (managing a caseload) who have severe and enduring mental health needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences.

To deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach, providing person centred advice and guidance to clients whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

To work with individuals and groups in a variety of settings across Bradford District Care Trust in collaboration with health and social care professionals within the Community mental health teams, Primary Care Networks as well as outside agencies and employers.

To work directly with employers to secure employment opportunities, and subsequently to provide ongoing support according to both service users and employer's needs.

To hold specific responsibility and autonomy for delivering of contract Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) within an allocated team.

All applicants are invited to attend a group teams meeting on Wed 31stJanuary at 12 noon to 12:45 pm to meet the team, find out about the service and ask any questions they may have

The work is incredibly rewarding and the main duties would be:

To deliver the evidenced based Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model adhering to high fidelity standards.
To act as a champion to promote employment support within the Bradford District Care Foundation Trust.
To be integrated within a team, working with care coordinators and other health and social care professionals to identify service users who are motivated to seek paid employment.
To manage a caseload of around 20 clients who have severe and enduring mental health conditions prioritising your own workload.
To work through the 6 key stages of the Employment Service framework with each Service User.
Work directly with all relevant stakeholders: the service user, CMHT staff, Social Prescribers, Primary Care Mental health workers, Consultant Psychiatrists and employers, to support service users to achieve their employment goal.

Closing Date: 5th February 2024

Shortlisting Date: 7th February 2024

Interview Dates: 15th & 16th February 2024

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

We Care
We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen

We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver

We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan.

All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Source job opportunities for clients through tailored job search and regular contact with local employers to explore hidden as well as advertised employment opportunities.
Assess client's support needs related to work which may include benefits/welfare advice, disclosure of mental health symptoms etc, and provide support & guidance. Focus on rapid job search with the service user, whilst utilising support networks to help them overcome barriers to employment
Once employment has been secured continue to provide quality service through conducting regular visits, effective monitoring and inwork support to clients and employers to help sustain employment.
Provide education and support to employers, as agreed with the individual, which may include negotiating adjustments, return to work strategy and ongoing contact with the employer to ensure job retention.
Build relationships with colleagues in clinical teams to engage and generate referrals and create collaborative working partnerships with clinical staff (promoting employment as a positive intervention in the recovery journey).
To meet annual Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for supporting service users in securing competitive paid job outcomes and working with new clients (Access targets)).Annual KPI's will be set in line with national guidance.
To work collaboratively with other Employment Specialist colleagues using a teambased approach providing caseload cover across the Community Mental Health Teams, and Primary Care Networks within the Bradford and Craven Di