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Salary Communication and Working Relationship Skills Work in partnership with TALKWORKS practitioners to ensure that patients are given accurate, timely and appropriate vocational assessment and advice. Facilitate appropriate applications to other employment providers. Establish and maintain effective working relationships between the TALKWORKS team and learning and work providers, especially Jobcentre Plus, Work Choice and Work Programme providers Work closely with other Employment Support Co-ordinators (ESCs) to ensure parity of provision across the Devon area. Support employers, placement providers and learning and work organisations to enable the patient to sustain their job.
This will involve regular communication with these others to provide advice, guidance and training on how to manage a particular situation. Promote and publicise TALKWORKS Employment Service to learning and work providers and the wider community by giving talks or presentations as agreed with service manager. Keep the TALKWORKS team informed of current work to ensure continuity of work at times of absence. Liaise regularly with TALKWORKS practitioners, people who use services and carers groups and other health related agencies over learning and work issues Analytical and Judgemental Skills The postholder will need to be able to respond to changing requirements and demands which come from the NHS Talking Therapies employment service according to TALKWORKS service needs as the latter continues to evolve.
As this is a highly specialised post working single handed the postholder will be required to make daily judgements about the most effective interventions to offer to patients. Planning and Organisational Skills Take an active part in developing the employment provision linked to NHS Talking Therapies across Devon Be responsible for organising and planning own caseload and managing clinical/non clinical time effectively to fit with service needs and demands Ensure effective use of resources within own work and signpost work to other agencies when more appropriate. As requested by service manager, prepare, organise and run training for TALKWORKS practitioners, employers, others in learning and work organisations about learning, work and mental health issues. Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy Provide specialised vocational assessment for individuals referred.
Develop, monitor and evaluate action plans in order to measure progress and effectiveness of Interventions. Regularly review the agreed action plan with the patient and when appropriate seek to assist patients to progress into more advanced learning or work opportunities Identify specific learning and work opportunities for individuals referred Work pro-actively with the patient with the ultimate goal of helping them find or retain paid work. Work with the patients to explore their areas of strength, development needs, learning and work aspirations and opportunities and draw up a plan of action with their next best step. Provide interventions to assist the individual in problem solving, confidence building and improving work related skills Provide, or ensure, support in the work or learning environment for each patient to enable them to have the best possible chance of succeeding in the position.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation Keep the TALKWORKS team informed of current VR and Welfare issues and keep up to date with examples of good practice and government initiatives and mandates. Ensure there is easily accessible written and electronic information for all the TALKWORKS team and patients about learning and work related issues and services. To produce documents of good practice about the employment of people with mental health difficulties. Increase engagement of employers through providing: 1.
Support for employers in recruitment & retention of staff with MH 2. Guidelines for NHS staff in dealing with employers 3. Guidelines for employers in recruitment and retention of people with MH 4. Tangible methods through which to secure responses from employers 5.
Dissemination of examples of dealings with employers Network with peers to maintain professional links across the Trust. Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources The postholder will manage any delegated equipment or resources effectively and within required limits. The postholder will ensure best value for money in their work at all times Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management The postholder will take a lead in agreed aspects of service leadership and development depending on their individual development needs and interests and service priorities.
To provide training in employment related matters to the TALKWORKS team. Subject to experience, the post holders may undertake supervision with EAs Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties Maintain up to date and accurate statistics, records of applicants, service deficits, training given, outcomes of contact, and any other information needed for the on-going evaluation of the ESC role. Ensure that statistics required for the TALKWORKS provision on employment are accurately collected and recorded on the IAPTus system. Responsibility for Research and Development For Job Retention ensure up to date knowledge of, and adherence to, the case management approach to job retention.
Freedom to Act This post is for an autonomous practitioner, who works within codes of practice, guidelines and is the sole employment specialist within a TALKWORKS team. The postholder will be responsible for a caseload of patients referred from the TALKWORKS practitioners Any Other Specific Tasks Required Have regular professional, clinical and managerial supervision of work Have yearly personal development and review meetings and six monthly reviews.
