Job vacancy: Deputy Senior Employment Adviser, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Bracknell

Job summary

Main area: Employment Advisors in Talking Therapies
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 371-MHS476

Employer: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: London House
Town: Bracknell
Salary: £29,828 - £36,311 per annum (Incl. HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/08/2024 23:59
Interview date: 16/08/2024

Deputy Senior Employment Adviser

Band 5

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The 4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role: 

Ability to run data reports and present data to management.
Ability to monitor performance and outcomes.
Experience in mental health and/or vocational/employment advice.
An empathetic and compassionate approach when working with people with low mood and/or anxiety

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips- see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If you're someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call Katherine McKenzie on 0300 365 2000 or email: [email protected].

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree or equivalent experience
Coaching or Mentoring Training or equivalent experience
Evidence of further study in vocational training, careers advice, job retention and presenteeism

Desirable criteria

Evidence of a good customer services background

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with and supporting people who have experienced mental health problems
Experience of providing vocational/employment support
Supervising, mentoring or coaching
Monitoring performance and outcomes

Desirable criteria

Experience of partnership working, negotiation and liaison work with other agencies
Experience of opening up job opportunities with a range of employers
Understanding of the employment needs barriers and difficulties faced by people with MH conditions
Experience using patient data capture systems, including running reports

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to collect and report data to support service performance and evaluation
Good numeracy and information management skills
Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
Intermediate IT skills
Coaching and mentoring skills
Knowledge of disability and special needs issues, policies and legislation in relation to employment
Good written and verbal communication skills including active listening
Good interpersonal skills
A good understanding of the principles and practice of supported employment
Vocational assessment and profiling skills

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of Employment law and the Equality Act 2010
Ability to negotiate with employers on behalf of the service users
Ability to be flexible open and creative in problem solving
Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Awareness of the needs of people with MH conditions. The issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on MH
Knowledge of evidence-based interventions to support people with common MH problems remain in, return to & gain work

Attitude/Approach

Essential criteria

Reliable, trustworthy and enthusiastic. Motivated and innovative

Other

Essential criteria

Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
Flexibility and willingness to travel independently to other locations throughout the organisation as and when required
Flexibility and willingness to travel representing Talking Therapies Service at promotional events engaging with members of the public and partner organisations

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

Caring for and about you is our top priority
Committed to providing good quality, safe services
working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

No agencies to contact Berkshire Healthcare directly please.

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Katherine McKenzie
Job title: Employment Service Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0300 365 2000

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Deputy Senior Employment Adviser

Band 5

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Experience

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Desirable criteria

Knowledge & Skills

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Desirable criteria

Attitude/Approach

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