Senior Employment Advisor - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Verified Company
Sheffield, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Tom O´Connor

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter
Description

Core Duties Undertake training needs analysis of your EAs in Sheffield NHS Talking Therapies service and identify the modular needs of the individual EAs.

Be a member of the Sheffield NHS Talking Therapies Service Management Team Support and promote the use of employment interventions, including:
Conduct an assessment, discussing the persons job goals and any concerns regarding their capacity for work.

Match job tasks to an individuals ability to do the job and any work solutions that may be required to develop the match.

Refer the person to other support if they have particularly complex barriers.


Offer the person support agreeing a written action plan with the person detailing the steps to be taken to either get back into or retain employment and the appropriate support route.

The EA will develop in-depth knowledge of the local labour market, local support and new initiatives, taking into account the needs of the client to broker effective interventions.

Including specialist schemes to help with retaining or finding employment. Work closely with local agencies to identify appropriate job vacancies.


Advocate on behalf of the person with prospective employers if necessary, aiming to identify work solutions that will overcome or minimise difficulties within the workplace.

Where appropriate signpost the person to other agencies in the statutory and voluntary sectors who will be able to provide advice on other benefits/support the person may be entitled too.

Provide continued personalised support after an individual has returned to work or secured employment to help them to sustain employment.

Build and promote strong relationships and enable effective links between employers and other agencies to support delivery of a personalised client focused service.

It is also crucial that you can build relationships with Job Centre Plus and trade unions.

Provide a service that is comprehensive and accessible to a broad range of patients who have commonplace mental health problems and who are over 18 years of age.

To provide a service that is equitable and non-discriminatory in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and disability.

Support therapists, GPs and other primary care workers in making appropriate referrals and in carrying out the employment aspects of their own roles.

Develop a knowledge of the locality and its services and facilities, particularly in relation to mental health issues.

Provide a service that is flexible as far as possible in terms of clinic hours, enabling, where possible, at least one clinic to be run outside normal working hours.

Liaise as appropriate with secondary care mental health services and social service departments. Ensure that all necessary paperwork is completed, including questionnaires, reports and minutes for each interaction.


Signing off timesheets and travel claims for the Employment Advisors General In addition, there is a significant case management, line management and clinical supervision component to the post.

This is an opportunity for qualified and experienced NHS Talking Therapies Psychological Well-being Practitioners who are enthusiastic and excited by the development of low intensity services to share their interest and passion, and to develop these qualities and skills in others.

The SEA would be required to implement policies and standard operating procedures for their own work and propose changes that would impact on their work.

The SEA is required to concentrate for frequent periods of time with the workload being potentially unpredictable.

Ensure line managed staff maintain outcome data as per service operational policy.

Data will also need to be collected in order inform the evaluation of the EA in Sheffield NHS Talking Therapies project.

Ensure that line managed staff participate in setting and review of objectives for their post on an annual basis. Ensure that line managed staff participate in activities of continuing professional development (CPD) on an annual basis.

Participate in audits of clinical activity and evaluative research as required. Manage an aspect of the service at the level of direct service delivery.

This might include one or more (depending on available time) of:

co-ordinating psycho-educational material, keeping a central resource file of clinical resources for general use, acting as the key liaison with an identified group of professionals/ organisation, for local voluntary organisations, GP surgeries, employment, Work Directions or Connexions.

Undertake appropriate supervision on a regular basis in accordance with the relevant professional guidelines and policies.

Attend locally organised and national training appropriate to the work role.

It is particularly important to attend training on leadership and the supervision of the EA in a Talking Therapies role.

More jobs from Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
See all jobs of Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust