Anchor Programme Employment Support Officer

at  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of our friendly team.
We take pride in nurturing a supportive environment in which to work while ensuring we deliver a high quality service.
This Anchor Programme Employment Support Officer vacancy is full time and available as a secondment within the Mid and South Essex area as part of the awarding winning ‘Anchor Ambition’ project.
The project will use the local status and visibility of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
The pilot’s primary focus will be moving people living in the most deprived areas in Mid and South Essex who are unemployed or economically inactive, towards work at either Southend, Basildon or Broomfield Hospital or broader health and care sector.
As the Anchor Programme Employment Support Officer you will be required to proactively manage a caseload of people who live in the most disadvantaged areas of Essex and who require employment support.
You will work directly with the participants and all relevant stakeholders; community based support, external referring agencies, Job Centre Plus and learning providers to enable participant’s to gain and retain employment.
You will be expected to work autonomously to maintain a caseload of participants and to ensure that they are matched, in line with their preferences, to local NHS or health care sector jobs.
You will be required to undertake regular audit of programme and participate in team and programme surveys.
You will generally be expected to undertake your normal duties at the principal place of work, which is a hybrid model of home and community work. However, in the course of your duties you may also be required to work at any of the sites within the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust areas as well as other NHS and partners sites as part of the delivery of the programme.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application

Please refer the Job description for details