Job overview

Location: Worthing Base, covering Bognor Regis
A full driving licence is essential along with access to your own vehicle or a vehicle insured for you
Base Salary: £27,942 per year
Technical Premium*: 5% additional to salary of £1,397 per year (based on base salary) effective from 1 April 2026 – reviewed annually.
*The technical premium is paid in addition to the base salary in recognition of the external benchmarking for the role. Conditions apply.
Essential Car User Allowance: £1,000 per year. A full driving licence is essential along with access to your own vehicle or a vehicle insured for you

Hours: 37 per week

Role

What you’ll be doing:
Southdown’s Work & Wellbeing Service helps people accessing treatment for mental health support, back into employment. As an Employment Specialist, you’ll be working in partnership with Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust and co-located within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, with some remote and community-based working.

Working as part of the Secondary Mental Health Care team, you’ll support clients in treatment for varied mental health issues, assisting them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. You will deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model; providing person centred guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

Do you understand the importance of work and the vital role it can play in the lives of those with mental health conditions? Here’s a short video about a day in the life of our mental health Employment Specialist: A day in the life of an IPS Employment Specialist

We welcome applications from candidates with previous experience such as Employability Practitioner, Employment Specialist, Recruiter, Employment Advisor, Employment Support Officer, Career Specialist or Job Coach. Or you may be looking for a new challenge and believe you have the transferable skills to support individuals to fulfill their employment goals.

Responsibilities

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The person

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