IPS Employment Specialist
The starting salary will be dependant on experience (up to £29,000 per annum), and will be raised to £29,000 after a 6 month ’s successful probation, if this is not the starting salary.
The Individual Placement Support (IPS) team aims to increase the number of people moving into employment from specialist community health services.
You will work on a program that supports adults with a physical or mental health disability who are out of work, to find, and sustain, employment. You will deliver the IPS approach (for which training will be given), providing person-centered advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.
Key Responsibilities:
* To manage a caseload of around 24 clients who are motivated to start/return to work. Working with participants to progress them on their journey towards employment by delivering the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach and overcoming their work, skills health, and personal circumstances barriers to ultimately support participants into sustainable work.
* Attend weekly team meetings as an embedded IPS practitioner. Once employment has been secured continue to provide quality service through conducting regular visits, effective monitoring, and in-work support to clients and employers to help sustain employment to ensure that all required entry to the Esyncs is accurate and compliant and documentation relating to the participant is completed and maintained in an accurate, compliant, timely and respectful manner.
* Develop effective working relationships with a range of external agencies that can help individuals to achieve their employment goals. This may include local colleges and training providers.
* Partake in continuous learning about disability and mental health conditions, their impact, and how they can be managed and undertake mandatory training as required.
* Meet and support clients to understand their key skills, aspirations, and goals by completing a Vocational Profile and producing an Action Plan to help them obtain and sustain competitive employment. This includes support with their job search, CV production, application forms, interview techniques, and career development.
* Assess client support needs relating to work which may include benefits/welfare advice, disclosure of mental health symptoms, etc., and provide support & guidance.
* Source job opportunities for clients through tailored job searches and regular contact with local employers to explore hidden as well as advertised employment opportunities.
* Provide education and support to employers, as agreed with the individual, which may include negotiating adjustments, return to work strategy, and ongoing contact with the employer to ensure job retention.
About you:
* Experience talking to employers and helping people into work.
* We want great communication skills and the ability to build relationships with everyone from the frontline up to CEO level.
* Negotiation skills and commercial acumen.
Skills Required:
Ability to work in a target-driven environment, with a focus on the successful achievement of job outcomes and sustained outcomes.
High-level guidance skills, with the ability to deliver one-to-one and group sessions to at least Grade 2 standard. Previous experience working on outreach and lone working.
An understanding of working with disabled people, or a similar client group within health, social services, or the voluntary sector is desirable.
If you are interested in this role, please contact Andy at Service Care Solutions on or email