Educational and Vocational Advisor

We are recruiting a Band 4 Educational and Vocational Advisor to join our service split between two teams within the service- the Allington Centre team based in Dartford and the Forensic Outreach Liaison Service (FOLS) team based in Maidstone. You will work with individuals who are inpatients including those on a discharge pathway as well as individuals who are in the community to develop their educational and vocational skills. You will be able to recognise that this client population faces a number of barriers to educational and vocational pursuits and will work flexibly and adaptably to help them develop in these areas. The role will focus on setting up opportunities for formal qualifications, job taster/work experience programmes and pre-vocational skills development and work with the individual to identify their personal goals in collaboration with the multidisciplinary clinical teams to identify the best way to reach those goals. You will work with the individual on those goals, keeping in mind any restrictions or risk-based issues that may be relevant, work to enhance the relationships in place between the Unit and community educational or vocational support organisations and evidence their outcomes and practice and share learning with colleagues in the service and beyond.,

• Implement and drive the offer of City and Guilds qualifications.
• Provision of individual and small group work relating to education and vocational skills.
• Development of vocational roles / vocational skill development opportunities available to patients within the service.
• Building relationships with vocational and educational support organisations in the community.
• Building relationships with the local Recovery College and developing the role for forensic inpatients within this.
• Create skill development opportunities for patients who are going to be participating in engagement work e.g. interviewing skills, how to chair a meeting, completing applications and carrying out audits.
• Set up a Job Taster Programme for service users within the Allington Unit.
• Evaluate the outcomes of education and vocational input for the service users at the Allington Unit.
  
  We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD. Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve. Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident. Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.