Vocational Specialist

5 months ago


Dudley, United Kingdom Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**IPS Vocational Specialist**

**NHS AfC: Band 5**

**Contract **Fixed term: 18 months

**Hours **Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting 3 WTE Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Vocational Specialists to be based in our secondary care teams across the Black Country. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a developing team who provide specialist provision to our service users. These roles will support the national ambition of increasing access to IPS employment services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

**Main duties of the job**

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting 3 WTE Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Vocational Specialists to be based across a range of our community secondary care mental health services across the Black Country.

A career in IPS (Individual Placement and Support) gives you the opportunity tochange minds and change lives.

**Working for our organisation**

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- CAMHS

**Person specification**

**Person Specification**

**Essential criteria**
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Able to build relationships with participants and partners
- Experience of supporting people with mental health problems into work
- Knowledge of the barriers faced by individuals who may be socially excluded and furthest from the labour market.
- Good report writing skills

**Desirable criteria**
- L4 IAG
- Intermediate IT skills

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 18 months

**Salary**: £28,407.00-£34,581.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

- Level 4 IAG (desirable but NOT essential) (preferred)
- related degree level or equivalent (required)
- experience supporting people with mental health problems (required)
- knowledge of individuals excluded from the labour market (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 285-7575-CORP



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