Ips Employment Specialist - Islington, United Kingdom - Hillside Clubhouse

Hillside Clubhouse

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Islington, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job description

Hillside Clubhouse is recruiting for
three IPS
Employment Specialists to join our dynamic Islington team, supporting people with mental health conditions to gain and retain employment.

The roles are working within the nationally recognised IPS (Individual Placement and Support) model within NHS secondary and primary care mental health teams, based in the heart of Islington.

Who We Are:

Hillside Clubhouse is a co-produced mental health employment support charity working across Camden and Islington. We support people with mental health conditions into training, volunteering, and employment opportunities.

People can access our services via our Clubhouse, where they can share their skills and expertise with others and support the running of the charity.

Alternatively, they can receive support out in the community from one of our Employment Specialists based within NHS mental health teams.

The Role:

We are recruiting for three IPS Employment Specialist roles within our Islington IPS Service.

All of these positions will be based within NHS secondary care mental health services - one within the North Islington Recovery & Rehabilitation Team, one within the South Islington Recovery & Rehabilitation Team and one position based within the Complex Depression, Anxiety & Trauma (CDAT) service and the Personality Disorder (PDS) service.

As an IPS Employment Specialist, you'll play an important role in supporting people with lived mental health experience on their recovery journey by supporting them back into paid employment.

This is an opportunity to offer ongoing support, to motivate and provide people with hope, while developing the tools and skills required to recover - ultimately transforming their lives.

A variety of skills are needed in this post including but not limited to: a strong ability to develop empathy and rapport with clients; a determined approach to seeking out job opportunities; a person centric-approach to working with people; strong communications skills to motivate clients; strong administrative capabilities and an attention to detail engage with prospective employers via business development and face-to-face meetings, as well as to be able to challenge some perceptions around mental health.

The postholder will be directly employed by Hillside Clubhouse but work under an Honorary Contract from Camden and Islington Foundation Trust.

They will be managed directly by the IPS Operations Manager but work as team member within the clinical team.

The role is dynamic and involves being integrated in a clinical team, working within the community, and we operate a flexible working policy where working from home is also permitted up to two days per week.

Overall Aim:

To enable people with mental health issues to gain and sustain competitive employment by working within the evidence-based Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model.

Duties:

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for a full description.