Employment Specialist (North East Hampshire)

£28,182 - £29,547 inclusive, per annum

Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)

North East Hampshire​

TalkPlus, The Meads Business Centre

Are you interested in helping people who have, or are recovering from, mental health problems, integrate back into work? Would you like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise, and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with? Then join us as an Employment Specialist.

Waythrough is looking for an Employment Specialist to join their North East Hampshire Employment service. We help individuals with mental health problems to find paid employment or return to their current employer after a period of ill health. We also assist employers and employees to successfully resolve mental health problems in the workplace. But it’s only possible with the help of people like you.

Your challenge? To assist clients in sourcing appropriate employment opportunities in line with client preferences through building positive relationships with local organisations / employers and providing person-centred advice and guidance to clients to enable them to move into suitable and sustainable work and or learning opportunities. To maintain positive and integrated working relationships with Talking Therapies provider in Surrey, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment.

As well as a good understanding of the NHS Talking Therapies model of working, mental health problems and the issues and barriers this can create for our clients, you will be working as an embedded team member with TALKING THERAPIES and their clinical teams. You will engage with clinicians to encourage referrals to the EAs in TALKING THERAPIES service, promoting employment opportunities as a positive intervention in a client’s recovery. 

You will be supporting clients face to face in community settings and or via telephone or video call to develop an individual client support plan to assist with career choice and planning including, skills development, job search, CV preparation, interview techniques and career development. You will provide support with benefits / welfare advice, disclosure of mental / physical health issues etc to actively engage with local Employers to explore hidden as well as advertised employment opportunities, and to identify potential client candidates for opportunities in the marketplace. Enable users/clients to benefit from employment, work experience placements and training opportunities through appropriate guidance, job introduction and support. Monitor and review progress users / clients on a regular basis and timely manner.

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We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or anyone from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic group.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.

When applying, please upload a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.

Learning and development is important to us, and we are pleased to be able to offer a wide range of apprenticeships. We hire apprentices into specific roles as well as offering apprenticeships to the workforce. Anyone can apply to undertake an apprenticeship relevant to the role as long as they are in a permanent post and have successfully passed probation.

Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship (RF). Aquarius supports people in the Midlands affected by substance use or gambling. It was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship and is now a subsidiary of Waythrough.

We are specialists in mental health, alcohol, drugs and related areas. We provide high quality, evidence-based services, which are designed around the needs of the people we support. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value.