Employment Advisor

Job summary

Are you looking for a rewarding and fulfilling career that makes a positive impact on people's mental health and well-being?

Do you have a passion for helping people find and sustain employment that suits their needs and aspirations?

If so, we want to hear from you!

Talking Therapies are looking for Employment Advisors to work alongside their team of therapists to ensure that a personalised package of combined psychological treatment and employment support is available to all service users.

This role is part of a new employment advice service where you will be supporting service users with remaining in employment, returning to employment following a period of absence or seeking new employment.

You will need to be enthusiastic and motivated with a caring and positive approach to succeed in this role.

We have positions available within our Mid and West Cornwall areas.

This is a Fixed Term/Secondment role until the end of March 2026.

Main duties of the job

This role is part of an employment advice service, working closely with people with common mental health problems and their clinicians. Managing a case load of service users

The post holders will support service users to gain, return to or retain employment

The role will involve working directly with Jobcentre Plus, employers, trade unions and employment agencies to keep people in employment and secure employment opportunities

The post holder will provide interventions within the employment support team. This includes one to one sessions [face to face / telephone / video call] and /or develop a group programme with service users for job retention / return to work/ gaining and keeping sustainable employment

Collaboratively working with the Talking Therapies Service

To reduce stigma of people with mental health conditions in employment, Talking Therapies, and wider Trust

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.