Employment Support Advisor - WorkWell

The role of Employment Support Advisor is one with a specific focus on employment retention. Quite often, individuals we support may face unexpected mental health challenges in the workplace or sometimes change which makes their usual comfortable environment suddenly feel different and daily tasks become challenging. Key Requirements

• Provide a responsive service to individuals with mental health who require in-work support.
• Overcome individuals or employer challenges and work through barriers which pose a risk to the individual in sustaining employment.
• Co-write and design employment retention plans which will aim to resolve and ease any challenges, whilst supporting the individual to settle back into their role, with a series of positive actions and measurable outcomes.
• Make recommendations of personal development to the individual or employer where appropriate.
• Guide the employer in identifying and implementing suitable adjustments in the workplace which could support a positive outcome.
• Provide impartial and balanced feedback to the individual, employer, and other supportive links.
• Support employers to appoint and train workplace mentors.
• Positively support the journey of alternative employment where appropriate.
• Monitor the needs and outcomes of the employment retention service, evaluate reoccurring themes, and propose activity which could act as preventative solutions for other individuals moving through our service into employment.
• Pro-actively promote the service to future employers and individuals with mental health.
• Ensure transparent and accurate records are kept and good communication is given to parents/carers and other associated support teams.
• Deliver caseload and progress reviews to strategic partners, funders, and senior managers.
• Work with Project officers, Employment Journey Guides, and Programme Managers to ensure collective outcomes meet the objectives of the team's and funded programme outputs.
• Work with the management team and Employment Journey Guides to oversee the work of project officers and apprentices where appropriate.
• Deputise for management team where required.
  
  The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
  
  Warwickshire County Council and partners are pleased to offer a range of opportunities to support the delivery of the Coventry and Warwickshire WorkWell programme. The programme which launched in October 2024 offers new joint mental health and employment support services across Coventry and Warwickshire.
The Coventry and Warwickshire Workwell Programme is a partnership programme funded by DWP. The partnership consists of the ICB (Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board) Warwickshire County Council, Coventry City Council, Public Health and a range of healthcare services. The programme works with young people and adults with mental health support needs and is designed to support individuals who have been recently diagnosed with a mental health condition, also wanting to gain or sustain employment. The WorkWell programme offers a needs-led service, with a range of 1:1 and group support available, tailored to meet individual's needs. Working with a range of employment and healthcare services, participants will be supported to overcome barriers and move forward in a journey to gain or sustain employment. The support the WorkWell programme offers is broad, and whilst we work with many cohorts of young people and adults with mental health, the team also work with Coventry and Warwickshire employers to shape inclusive jobs and demonstrate the effectiveness of reasonable adjustments in the workplace. The programme is designed to effectively highlight how such small changes could improve the mental health of their workforce and positively impact future recruitment campaigns, creating a more inclusive working environment. The programme is due to offer a range of roles, calling for individuals with specific mental health and employment support experience and the vision to work holistically with every person they support. As a new partnership which see's health and employment support join as one collaborative service, we are looking to build a highly skilled team who are creative, solution focused with a good understanding of the local employment support and mental health offer., Working for Warwickshire - This is the difference you make Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!? At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best., Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund' The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.