IPS Team Leader

2 months ago

North East Derbyshire District, United Kingdom Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

IPS Employment Specialist

NHS AfC: Band 5

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Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

Job overview

Mental Health IPS Employment Specialist

Do you want to make a genuine difference and transform someone’s life?

We are looking for a motivated, passionate self-starter who wants to kickstart a career in the mental health sector. This position, with on-the-job training, is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference and support those with mental health needs across the North Derbyshire community.

As an Employment Specialist you will play a vital role in helping people with mental health needs find meaningful and fulfilling employment. You’ll receive all the training and support you need to take on the role, develop your skills and have access to a broad range of opportunities within Derbyshire Healthcare.

We welcome applications from a range of backgrounds and with all kinds of life experience. What you will need is the ability to empathise and build relationships with clients, strong organisational skills, the resilience and confidence to communicate and engage with a range of employers, and a fundamental belief that anyone with a mental health condition can work. 

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Main duties of the job

What is a Mental Health IPS Employment Specialist?

This is an exciting and dynamic role, where no one day is the same and you’ll be making a genuine difference to people’s lives. Using the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model you’ll be:

Supporting and motivating individuals with mental health needs to access and sustain paid employment. Regularly meeting with clients to listen, help them identify their best job match, reflecting on their skills and aspirations, providing support including CV production, interview techniques Provide in-work support, assessing each client’s work-related needs, designing a return-to-work strategy, and ensuring job retention with ongoing contact.  Advocating for your clients by educating and engaging with employers regarding the IPS service. Sourcing job opportunities for your clients through regular contact with local employers within the community. Work as part of the Derbyshire Healthcare mental health team to promote employment and raise expectations around the ability of service users to access paid employment, breaking down the barriers for them. 

Working for our organisation

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”

Benefits include:

days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service pro rata for part time Free car parking  Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training Generous NHS pension scheme Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits Health service discounts and online benefits Incremental pay progression Free confidential employee assistance programme /7 Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network Health and wellbeing opportunities Structured learning and development opportunities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Who are we looking for? 

We are looking for an individual who is passionate in joining us to develop the service and transform’s someone’s life. This role calls for empathy and the ability to initiate and develop relationships with a variety of individuals and be able to engage employers using a variety of methods such as via the telephone or face-to-face in the community. Alongside having strong and persuasive communication skills, excellent time management, and exceptional IT and administration skills.

It is desirable, to have experience of working with people with mental health support needs or similar groups, OR experience working in employment support services or equivalent, including working with people on a one-to-one basis, offering motivation and support.

We are also actively interested in individuals with transferrable skills for this role such as experience in using a persuasive communication style, data collection, motivational interviewing or promoting a service to a variety of audiences, this can include, but not limited to, coaching, recruitment, sales, education, training, mentoring, or sales roles.

If you’ve got any questions about the role, feel free to email and we’ll be happy to discuss it with you.

Previous applicants need not apply

Person specification

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

Employment advisory experience Understanding of the impact of work as a recovery tool Working knowledge of IPS Experience of working with people with mental health problems implementing individual programmes and interventions Experience of working with employers and DWP Excellent admin skills Able to work autonomously

Desirable criteria

IPS training Mental health knowledge Employability experience Supporting disadvantaged people into employment Accurately recording data Excellent organisational skills Excellent presentation skills

Skills

Essential criteria

Enthusiasm & understanding towards supporting people with mental health problems find employment Engage service users towards vocational goals Strong administrator Ability to plan and prioritise People person who builds rapport Understands the importance of audits

Desirable criteria

Able to build rapport Able to demonstrate empathy Record data in a timely manner Uses tools for organisation Accurate data collection Understanding of MH services

Further details / informal visits contact

NameSamantha ParrJob titleIPS Service ManagerEmail numberAdditional APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Recruitment Team
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
Kingsway
Derby
DE 3LZ
Telephone (please note, my normal working days are Mon-Thu)

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