Mental Health Mentor

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IPS Mental Health Mentor - Connect to Work
Location: Community-based with travel across the region
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
A fantastic opportunity has opened for a Mental Health Mentor to join the Connect to Work programme, supporting people with complex barriers to move into meaningful, sustainable employment. This is a dynamic, relationship-focused role where youll work across health, employment, and community settings to help clients achieve life-changing outcomes.
What Youll Be Doing
  • Managing a caseload of around 25 clients who want to start or return to work
  • Carrying out vocational profiling to understand skills, aspirations, and employment goals
  • Creating personalised action plans covering job search, CVs, applications, interviews, and career planning
  • Supporting clients with travel planning, benefits guidance, budgeting, and disclosure around health conditions
  • Providing in-work support to help clients sustain employment, including early-stage check-ins and long-term follow-up
  • Working with employers to source opportunities, negotiate adjustments, and support job retention
  • Collaborating with Primary Care, mental health teams, DWP, training providers, and community partners
  • Maintaining accurate case notes, progress reports, and CRM documentation
  • Working to IPS fidelity standards and contributing to continuous service improvement
What Youll Bring
  • NVQ Level 2 (Customer Service, Business Admin, IT, Accounting) and GCSE English & Maths
  • Level 2 IT qualification (e.g., ECDL)
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Experience supporting individuals to achieve goals in employment, skills, health, or social care settings
  • Experience engaging with employers or helping clients into work
  • Strong communication, organisation, and caseload-management skills
  • Ability to build effective relationships with clients, employers, and multi-agency partners
  • Understanding of barriers to work and strategies to promote independence

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Location:
Daventry
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Healthcare

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