Employment Advisor

We are looking for an enthusiastic Employment Advisor on fixed term appointment, ending 31^st March 2025. This is to support the Wellbeing Recovery Employment Service (WRES) project, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to cover the period from April 2023 to March 2025
The project is being managed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust as a project delivery partner. The project funding is for the delivery of year 3 of the UKSPF for the 'People and Skills' grant, to deliver on the following investment areas:
+ Support for the unemployed
+ Skills support for the workforce
The project is due to complete 31^st March 2025 and to achieve the aims and objectives we are looking to recruit a team of people to deliver the project outcomes.
WRES will provide support to individuals, aged 16+, to engage or re-engage in employment through skills development workshops and job search support and advice .
The successful candidates need to be forward thinking, innovative and able to work under pressure. The posts involve developing connections both internally and externally and building networks with local organisations. This role is part of an employment support and advice service, working closely with people with common mental health problems who are facing related barriers to accessing Employment, Education and / or basic skill provision, The main duties of this role will include -
+ Managing a case load of up to 25 service users (WTE)
+ Support service users to work towards, gain, return to or retain employment
+ Provide interventions within the employment team - this includes one to one sessions [face to face / telephone / video call] and /or to support service users to access and utilise related courses and support available via Humber Recovery & Wellbeing College.
+ Collaboratively working within the Wellbeing Recovery Employment Team and within the wider Prevention, Recovery and Wellbeing footprint, utilising other internal services where necessary via internal referral pathway
+ To reduce stigma of people with mental health conditions in employment, WRES, and wider Trust, This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.
Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.
If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.
We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.
IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.
If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
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