Senior Mental Health Employment Specialist

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to work within LPFT’s Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Team as a Senior Mental Health Employment Specialist, working with service users in the Adult Community Division to help them to find and retain paid employment. The Senior Employment Specialist will be responsible for providing supervision and support to the IPS team members who are based across the county within Adult CMHTs.

The postholder will provide Individual Placement and Support (IPS) to a caseload of service users and assist the other Mental Health Employment Specialists with complex case management. As this is a developing service, the postholder will also work closely with the Service Lead to further develop / expand the service.

The Department of Health’s strategy for mental health includes the drive to ensure that those with mental health conditions have access to recovery focused interventions, including support to gain meaningful, paid employment and to maintain this.

Main duties of the job

This post requires both enthusiasm and a commitment towards supporting people with mental health conditions to access and retain paid employment. This includes working collaboratively with a wide range of employers and relevant agencies and partners from the statutory, voluntary and business sectors, internal and external to the Trust.

An understanding of the benefits of employment as part of the recovery process and a positive attitude to enabling service users to overcome barriers within employment, are essential. The post will involve working in the community and requires the ability to work autonomously, working closely with teams across the Trust’s Adult Community Division in Lincolnshire.

You will be educated to degree level or hold equivalent experience in the field of supported employment, have knowledge of the national employment and welfare benefits agenda; and have skills and recent experience of working with people with mental health conditions. LPFT holds a “Good Fidelity” status with IPS Grow; you must be willing to undertake training in the model of IPS, the evidence-based intervention used by the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today:

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Sarah Jones, via email at [email protected]