Role Purpose:
To work with and manage a caseload of clients, who have mental health support needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. Clients will be referred into the service via the Lancashire and South Cumbria Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) teams.
To deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Approach providing person centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.
To be part of a community mental health team, maintaining positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of clients, who have mental health support needs who are motivated to start/return to work.
- Deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach.
- Meet and support clients to understand their key skills, aspirations and goals through completing a Vocational Profile and produce an Action Plan to help them obtain and sustain competitive employment. This includes support with their job search, CV production, application forms, interview techniques and career development.
- Assess client’s support needs related to work which may include benefits/welfare advice, disclosure of mental health symptoms etc. and provide support & guidance.
- Attend weekly clinical team meetings as an embedded IPS practitioner.
- Source job opportunities for clients through tailored job search and regular contact with employers to explore hidden as well as advertised employment opportunities.
- Provide education and support to employers, as agreed with the individual, which may include negotiating adjustments, return to work strategy and on-going contact with the employer to ensure job retention.
- Build relationships with colleagues in clinical teams to engage and generate referrals and create collaborative working partnerships with clinical staff (promoting employment as a positive intervention in the recovery journey).
- Once employment has been secured continue to provide quality service through conducting regular visits, effective monitoring and in-work support to clients and employers to help sustain employment.
- To adhere to administrative and data capture protocols which record the progress of individuals, and to keep accurate and complete records of casework.
- To work independently, reliably and deliver consistently to deliver effective IPS practice.
- Ensure that effective monitoring and evaluation systems are adhered to and keep abreast of changing practice within vocational rehabilitation.
- To co-produce service development with service users where possible.
- To collect employment recovery stories from people accessing the service.
- Undertake continuous learning regarding mental health conditions, their impact and how they can be managed and to undertake mandatory training as required.
Qualifications:
- Level 2 (GCSE Grade A-C or Grade 4-9) or equivalent qualification to include English and Maths
- NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance or other equivalent relevant qualification
- Certificate in IPS Approach (desired)
- Full Driving Licence
See the attached job description for more details on the person specification.
90% of people with severe mental illness want to work, yet only 8% of people with severe mental illness are in work. IPS (Individual Placement ... Read more
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About ReachOut
ReachOut is a mentoring charity that works with young people in disadvantaged communities in London, Manchester, Oldham and Liverpool to raise aspirations and help them grow in character and academic attainment. We improve Numeracy, Literacy and Communication Skills whilst reinforcing our core values of Fairness, Self-Control, Good Judgement and Staying Power.
Role Description
We are looking for enthusiastic, collaborative and positive individuals to join our Leadership Programme and become Project Leaders. As a Project Leader you will run a weekly mentoring project at either a primary or secondary school, facilitating the 2-hour sessions alongside other responsibilities. The Leadership Programme is an opportunity to gain and improve your leadership, management and communication skills whilst having a massive impact on the lives of young people. You will be supporting them to raise their aspirations, develop their character, and build their academic attainment and self-confidence. Are you up for the challenge?
Role Details
As a Project Leader you will:
- Spend 2 hours planning and 2 hours delivering your mentoring session each week during term time for 10 - 16 young people and their mentors.
- Manage and support the young people.
- Manage and support the volunteer mentors.
- Attend meetings with school contacts alongside the ReachOut team and provide information to the school when requested by ReachOut.
- Complete monitoring and evaluation activities to assess project success.
Please download the information pack for full details about the job role.
Personal Specification
Experience
- Has worked with groups of young people in the range 9 to 16 years old
- Has the potential to take on a leadership role
- Can demonstrate commitment to a cause / activity and has taken an active role in that (e.g. captain of a sports team, president of a society)
- Has professional work experience (e.g. internships, summer placements, etc.) This can include regular voluntary experience but should be positions where you have had responsibility for something, worked to deadlines, worked with others etc.
Skills
- Maths and English skills, (minimum grade C at GCSE or equivalent)
- Communication skills (face-to-face, email, text, phone)
- Good organisation skills (can manage tasks effectively, accurately and in timely fashion)
- Confident in use of MS Word and Excel
Personal attributes
- Passionate about ReachOut’s mission
- Demonstrates ReachOut’s Character Strengths: Fairness, Good Judgement, Self-Control and Staying Power
- Demonstrate good team work skills such as collaboration and delegation
- Open to feedback with a genuine desire to learn and develop personally
- Enthusiastic and energetic
- Excited by challenge
- Prepared to be adaptable and creative
- Positive
- Sociable
Application Instructions
To apply for the Leadership Programme, please visit our website where you can apply. Applicants must ensure they are available to attend a Residential weekend from 4th to 6th September. The residential weekend will be in London. Accommodation, transport from Manchester/Liverpool, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday will be provided. Upon completion of the residential training weekend, all Project Leaders will be paid a lump sum of £50.
Application assessments and interviews have been temporarily suspended due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Applicants are encouraged to still apply, however, applications are unlikely to be assessed for a few weeks.
ReachOut is an award winning charity that changes the lives of young people from disadvantaged communities in London and Manchester through one... Read more
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.