Team Leader North Essex - Colchester, United Kingdom - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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Colchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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EPUT is looking for a Team Leader who is passionate about employment as a way of positively impacting mental and physical health to oversee operations in the Mid Essex area providing high quality leadership and direction for a team including Employment Specialists, Peer Support Workers, Administration staff, Partnership Lead and Business Performance Manager.

The Team Leader will report to the Vocational Manager and be accountable for delivery of key contract targets for generating referrals and starts on the programme and also conversion into good quality sustainable paid job outcomes.

The role will involve providing supervision, training, mentoring and role modelling of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach, as part of the holistic recovery plan for mental health service users.

The Team Leader will provide a pivotal role in managing a high-quality service that meets fidelity standards and delivers positive outcomes for service users.

This is a fixed term until March 2025 full-time post (37.5 hours) per week and based at an EPUT site covering Mid Essex.

We are looking for someone with experience of:

Leading and supervising an employment team aimed at increasing access to paid employment opportunities for people with mental and/or physical health problems with ability to ensure the team meets their targets
Leading the development of local employer relationships in order to access the hidden labour market.
Able to negotiate diplomatically and effectively with staff at all levels, and users of mental health services.
Good communication and presentation skills.
An understanding of the Individual Placement and Support Employment model would be valuable, but not essential as full training will be provided.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

Season Ticket Loans
NHS discounts for staff
Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings.

Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

EPUT is very excited and proud to be expanding our portfolio of Employment Support services working with Essex County Council who have been successful in securing new funding from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

This funding will help those across Essex with mental and physical health needs achieve and retain good quality paid work.

This builds on a long track record and reputation at EPUT for helping to make a difference to people's lives through promoting sustainable employment that improves mental and physical health and brings wider community benefits.

The new service is called IPS in Primary Care and the main focus is to work alongside primary and community healthcare providers who will be the main referrers into the service and deliver high quality support to help those referred to gain and sustain in paid employment

You will be joining a well-established Employment Service and will have access to a range of professional development and training opportunities.

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