Employment Support Worker

Salary: £15,170 - £16,749 based on 26 hours per week

An opportunity has arisen within Worcestershire County Council, in conjunction with Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust to recruit an Employment Support Worker to work with Community Assessment & Recovery Service (CARS) in the North of the county who will be based at Newbrook in Bromsgrove.  This is to join an existing, well established IPS team which covers the county of Worcestershire and holds accreditation from the Centre of Mental Health as a Centre of Excellence.

You will be required to:

• Proactively manage a caseload of people who have experienced mental health problems who are unemployed and economically inactive.
• Provide employment support for our client group who are furthest away from the job market to move them closer to their employment goals, in the hope that these achievements aid individuals’ recovery and social inclusion goals.
• Work within a multidisciplinary environment with service users with complex needs, supporting them to move into employment and sustain this or other recovery, in conjunction with key stakeholders.
• Liaise closely with DWP providers. 
• Work proactively at employer engagement including educational, voluntary work and pre-vocational training opportunities and supporting employers on reasonable adjustments and retention of employees where necessary.

You will have experience both in the field of employment support and with clients experiencing mental ill health

You be capable of working independently and have the ability to take initiative, including making direct approaches to employers.

Personal experience of recovery from mental ill health is seen as an additional advantage in applying for this post although not essential.

For further details or an informal discussion contact:

Paul Wilcox  paul.wilcox@nhs.net  or telephone 07553 376 653

Karen Ingram karen.ingram12@nhs.net or telephone 07435 761 616

Closing date: 19^th January 2020

Interview date: TBC