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IPS Employment Specialist (£28500 - £31500)
£28,500.00
yearly

Job description

You will work alongside:

  • Clinical and NHS teams
  • Wellbeing services
  • Local employers

Your work will be guided every day by our values:

  • Be Ambitious – for every person’s working future
  • Be Proud – of quality, safety and results
  • Be Considerate – of lived mental health experience
  • Own It – take responsibility for outcomes
  • Be Inspiring – help people believe work is possible

This is fast-moving, relationship-driven supported employment. You will:

  • Carry out vocational profiling with people experiencing serious mental ill health
  • Deliver rapid job search based on individual preference
  • Build trusted relationships with local employers
  • Match people into paid work aligned to their goals
  • Prepare participants for - Disclosure, Interviews, Workplace expectations
  • Provide intensive in-work support after job start
  • Work closely with clinical teams to manage risk and wellbeing
  • Track job starts, sustainment and progression
  • Maintain high-quality, fidelity-compliant case records
  • Your focus is speed with integrity - the right job, at the right time, in the right way.

Who This Role Is For

This role suits people with backgrounds or strong interest in:

  • Mental health services
  • Wellbeing or recovery support
  • Social care or community services
  • Recruitment or resourcing
  • Sales with a strong people focus

You will thrive if you:

  • Are confident working with mental health complexity
  • Are proactive and relationship-driven
  • Are comfortable with targets and accountability
  • Are organised and evidence-focused
  • Can balance pace with care and professionalism
  • Take pride in structure, consistency and outcomes

Full IPS training and fidelity guidance will be provided.

This Is a Specialist, High-Impact Role
You will work with people who may:

  • Have fluctuating mental health
  • Experience anxiety, depression or severe mental illness
  • Move quickly from readiness to job start
  • Need high-touch support after entering work

We are looking for people who:

  • Work at pace without cutting corners
  • Can build trust quickly
  • Stay calm under pressure
  • Are resilient, reflective and outcome-focused
  • This role is demanding - and genuinely life-changing.

 

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