Job Description
Working Well Trust is a specialist employment charity in London. All of our projects share the aim of improving the lives of people with mental health support needs, learning disabilities and/or complex issues through training and employment. This role will be working with clients who have mental health support needs, wanting to gain paid employment.
We are recruiting for a Peer Employment Worker to join the Tower Hamlets Mental Health Employment Service. Provide peer and employment support to clients of the Working Well Trust Mental Health Employment Service for the purpose of helping people progress towards and sustain employment, including working directly with community, training and volunteering agencies.
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Responsibilities
• Support a caseload of 25 clients affected by mental health issues who want to progress towards, secure and/or maintain employment including self employment
• Meeting service KPIs including employment, signposting to training and volunteering based on client preferences
• Develop and deliver employment workshops including to community and housing groups
• Maintain accurate records for client and service activity including equal opps information, outputs and outcomes to support service delivery and monitoring
• Act non-judgmentally and respect individuals’ views and rights to choose their own employment and career aspirations
• Actively participate in team meetings, individual supervision, case discussions and training
• Share positive case studies through newsletter and social media
• Recognise the confidential and sensitive nature of the information gathered under GDPR rules and procedures
• Comply with all WWT policies and procedures
Experience
Experience of employment support is not essential, it is more important that you share our passion and commitment to supporting people to find the right job for them. You will receive training around employment support and in supporting people with mental health issues. As this is a Peer role applicants must have lived experience of mental health, either personally or through a close contact.
You need to have a desire to support people to achieve their employment goals, and the ability to multitask and manage your workload effectively. You must be willing to share your experience of mental health and employment to support clients to address their concerns about employment and to support them to develop strategies to support them sustaining work. Good organisation skills are essential for this role, in addition to an interest in mental health, and the role it plays in the workplace. Experience of pre-employment support such as CV and application writing, and interview practice is desirable.
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