Employment Specialist Job London area,Greater London England UK,Healthcare

Brent | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Permanent contract

Could you help people experiencing mental health challenges achieve their employment goals and build a brighter future through work? Join Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust as an Employment Specialist in Brent and support people to secure and sustain meaningful employment through the evidence-based IPS approach.

Deadline: 18th September 2026

London
Full-time

Job overview

Partnerships are central to what we do here – with patients and their families, with staff and with other organisations, especially commissioners and providers but also with local authorities, GPs, universities and the voluntary sector. We envisage more in the years to come.

CNWL provides NHS services throughout a person’s life, in physical and mental health and everything in between, at GPs and hospitals to the community and in their own home.

Where community care is not possible, we offer a number of facilities to treat people in hospital or residential environments. We also provide healthcare in prisons in London and the surrounding areas.

We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.

Role

Make a Difference. Transform Lives. Build Hope.

Are you passionate about helping others find purpose and reach their potential? As an Employment Specialist, you’ll play a key role in supporting people who are navigating mental health challenges to achieve their employment goals and move forward on their recovery journey.

You’ll work alongside individuals to uncover their strengths, explore their aspirations, and connect them with real job opportunities that match their goals. And the support doesn’t stop there — you’ll also provide ongoing encouragement and guidance to both the employee and their employer to ensure a positive, sustainable working relationship.

This is a role where your values and personality matter. If you’re compassionate, motivated, and driven to make a lasting difference in people’s lives, you’ll thrive here. You’ll also be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team and use the highly effective Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach — helping to bridge the gap between mental health services and meaningful employment.

Responsibilities

To manage a caseload of between 20–25 people who have experienced mental health or substance misuse problems who wish to return to work.
To challenge inequalities experienced by mental health service users and to address existing discrimination, whilst ensuring a process of learning for the organisation.
To provide individualised support to service users once they have returned to work to assist them in sustaining employment.
To market the service to clinical staff and service users to ensure the service is well utilised.
To have an understanding of evidenced based IPS employment practice, with a focus on delivering a person-centred, high quality service.
To meet and exceed sustained job outcome targets for people accessing the service.
Building relationships with clinical teams to generate referrals and create collaborative working partnerships with clinical staff, ensuring a Multi-Disciplinary Team approach to supporting individuals to get back to work.
To support the team in promoting a recovery orientated environment by identifying recovery-focused activities and imparting information and education as required. This would involve promoting courses being delivered by Recovery and Wellbeing College as well as supporting the development of information sessions.
To prepare individuals for a return to work by supporting people to understand their skills, aspirations and…