WorkWell Regional Programme Advisor

Following successful pilot in 15 ICB areas, WorkWell (WW) is being rolled out across all of England and provides support for disabled people and people with health conditions who want help to start, stay and succeed in work. Services will provide light touch work and health support, with the aim of preventing and reducing economic inactivity and inequality among disabled people and people with health conditions. It brings together the NHS, local authorities and other partners including jobcentres, to design and deliver a new local integrated service that will assess people’s psychological, physical and social barriers to work and offer them a tailored support plan in response.

WorkWell is locally-led and, building on existing assets and resources, ​designed to respond to local population needs. Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and local authorities (LAs) play a central role in convening local partnerships to design and deliver the WorkWell pilot services in all ICBs.

The Regional Advisor roles will work nationally, regionally and locally with government departments, NHS, local government, and other key stakeholders to facilitate a robust understanding of the importance of work and health to each part of the local system and help to translate this into integrated strategy and provision. They will be line managed through the DWP WorkWell team and given support and direction by senior OHID regional Work and Health leads. The roles will:

• Work with OHID regions to support collaboration and cross system join up on work and health, particularly WorkWell vanguards and non-vanguards, MSK, Fitnote, Occupational Health, Connect2Work and other key work and health programmes. This will include preparing the ground, bringing partners together, supporting local implementation and development and monitoring progress.
• Offer challenge and support to local systems to develop integrated and effective work and health services, drawing on existing provision where appropriate using best available evidence.
• Support ICB work and health development leads in the planning and implementation of WorkWell, particularly ensuring fidelity to key elements of WW model and adherence to management information requirements.
• Be a key point of contact for the National Support Team for WorkWell, helping to facilitate regional learning and improvement events and opportunities in line with national learning and improvement support, ensuring join-up and synergy across wider work and health programmes such as MSK, Occupational Health, Fitnote and Connect2Work as appropriate.
• Identify where additional support is needed for systems if there are concerns around capacity or capability to deliver and work with national support team, national and regional policy teams to identify appropriate action.
• Provide specialist advice, regional and local intelligence on the delivery of health and work improvement outcomes
• Support strategic discussions with partners in relation to the achievement of work, health and disability related public health outcomes.
• Support on the development of best practice guidance documents.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Application & Sift

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement. The CV is for reference only and will not be scored.

A sift will be carried out using your 1000 word Personal Statement.

Your personal statement needs to set out evidence of how your experience meets all the Experience Key Criteria set out below and not the published behaviours listed in this advert.

We are not looking at how much time you have spent in a job, but rather how you have performed. Your Personal Statement must show demonstrable evidence of what you did, how you did it, and what outcome was achieved. This should include the impact of your approach and evidence of your ability to take forward different approaches in different circumstances.

The standards detailed in the Experience Key Criteria are the minimum expectations for the role and only candidates with the strongest evidence will be invited to interview. In the event of a large number of applications, meeting the pass standard for the lead criteria “Exceptional collaborative working with a wide range of stakeholders and experience of delivering outcomes through multiple systems and functions” will determine if the other criteria are scored. Candidates will have to meet the standard for all criteria to progress to interview.

Your statement must not exceed 1000 words and you are advised to take advantage of the full word count.

Interview Stage

If you are successful at the sift you will be invited to a MS Teams interview. The interview will comprise of Behaviour-Based questions. The guidance on Success Profiles explains these selection tools. The Behaviours being assessed are detailed in the job advert.

Behaviours:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Changing and Improving

Note that the Behaviours will be assessed at interview stage only.

When applying for these roles, you will be assigned a designated Policy Group Hub location you can work from Manchester, Sheffield or Leeds. Travel will be required to support WorkWell sites as needed on an outreach basis. When not travelling, individuals can work from a hub location, or from home. These roles support WorkWell sites in:

• North-West Region
• London

Please be aware these roles can only be carried out in the UK, not overseas.

You will report to and be line-managed by the WorkWell team as part of Policy Group.

Appointments may be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences and geographical requirements.

The Department is committed to promoting flexible ways of working, whilst enabling the business to operate at maximum efficiency and will expect colleagues to work from a blend of locations, including some time working at home, as required.

If you have a disability, caring responsibilities, or other circumstances that may affect your ability to meet the travel requirements of the role, please discuss this with us using the contact details in this advert.

For these vacancies, we strongly recommend that applicants consult with an immigration specialist or qualified advisor to assess their eligibility for Visa Sponsorship before deciding to apply. Please note that while we consider sponsorship requests in accordance with current DWP guidance and Home Office policy, sponsorship cannot be guaranteed.

Further Information

At the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.

Find out more about working for DWP on the DWP Careers Hub.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

If you are placed on a reserve list but we cannot immediately offer you a post, please note:

• If you are later offered the role you applied for, in a location you have expressed a preference for, and you decline the offer or are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe you will be withdrawn from the campaign and removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances (e.g. a contractual Part Time Working Pattern cannot be accommodated in the initial role offered or in cases of serious ill health).
• If DWP makes an offer of an alternative role or location to that which you originally applied for, and you decline that offer, you will be able to remain on the reserve list.

Disability Confident Scheme

If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards.

Reasonable Adjustments

We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact the Government Recruitment Service via DWPRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the “Reasonable Adjustments” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Integrity, plagiarism and Civil Service Principles

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles.

Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words.

Examples of plagiarism can include:

• Presenting the work, ideas and experience of others as your own
• Copying content or answers from an online or published source that is not your own

Disclosure and Barring Service and Internal Fraud Database Checks

To process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service or Disclosure Scotland on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department, a criminal record check will be carried out.

Important

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Before applying for this vacancy, current employees of DWP should check whether a successful application would result in changes to their terms & conditions of employment, e.g. mobility, pay, allowances. If you are a current employee and are successful you must be able to be released from your current post within four weeks.

Those on protected TUPE/ COSoP terms and conditions applying on promotion or voluntary permanent level move will adopt DWP’s Terms and Conditions and this may have a different impact on pay and allowances. Please review this prior to acceptance of a role.

Civil Servants that would transfer into DWP from other government organisations, following successful application, will assume DWP's terms & conditions of employment current on the day they are posted, unless DWP has stated otherwise in writing. Accepting a post will be taken to mean acceptance of revised terms & conditions.

Civil Servants applying on promotion will usually be appointed to the salary minimum or within 10% of existing salary.

Any move to DWP from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may, however, be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at the Childcare Choices Website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.