Job Details

Are you looking to take the next step and develop your skills? Would you like to have the opportunity to grow and develop your skillset within a friendly, established team? If so, this role is perfect for you!

You will work within an employment advice service, working closely with clinicians who provide psychological therapies to people with common mental health problems.

You will offer employment support to services users with common mental health problems to gain, return to or retain employment.

The role involves working with job centres (including some face-to-face visits across the region), employers, trade unions and employment agencies to keep people in employment and secure employment opportunities.

You will also create a culture of prevention and early intervention ensuring that people get timely access to health support and suitable employment support to avoid long term unemployment.

This role involves remote working and approximately one day in the office per week.

Don't miss out on this amazing chance to join Vita Health Group and embark on a fulfilling role filled with growth and the opportunity to improve people’s day to day lives. If you have these skills and attributes and would like to join us, we’d love to hear from you! 

Why Vita Health Group?

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.  Now part of Spire Healthcare Group plc we have been providing physical and mental health services for over 30 years. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK’s largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of Making People Better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. We are an award-winning employer recently recognised nationally as “Best Company to Work for” at the Health and Wellbeing Awards 2024.

This is also recognised by current employees – our most recent Employee Survey results showed the top 5 reasons to work here as being:

• Supportive team and management
• Positive work environment
• Wellbeing and mental health support
• Trust and respect
• Autonomy and flexibility

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and is seeking to improve the diversity of its workforce.  We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are committed to being equitable and supporting the wellbeing of all employees.

• We are a Mindful Employer
• Our status as a Disability Confident Leader dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be considered for interview.
• Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme where all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be considered for interview.
• Our Gender Matters Scheme where all women applicants for senior roles (£60,000+) that meet the essential criteria will be considered for interview.

Skills and experience:

Essential:

• Grade C GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
• Experience in providing careers advice, IAG with work-related barriers
• Able to travel around the local Nottingham area at least 1 day per week
• Building new relationships that are strategically relevant.
• Working as part of a team and contributing to collective strategies and goals.

Desirable:

• Evidence of further study in vocational training, careers advice and job retention.
• Understanding of Talking Therapies and integrated care 
• Experience in a target-driven environment 
• Proactive in relation to on-going professional development to stay up to date with industry knowledge. 
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment.
• Experience of supporting people with mental health conditions into vocational/employment activities

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.