Senior IPS Employment Specialist

3 weeks ago


Kent, United Kingdom Shaw Trust Full time

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

Purpose

To lead a small team of Employment Specialists and deliver the IPS journey to a reduced caseload of clients. You will provide training, mentoring, supervision, and modelling of the IPS approach to promote quality services with the aim to meet targeted referrals, engagements, and outcomes.

Alongside your management duties you will be working with clients, health professionals, service providers and employers, IPS Employment Specialists are focused on making sure a person’s journey into employment, with associated improved social inclusion and wellbeing is as easy as possible. You will work with clients (managing a caseload) who accessing secondary mental health services, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. Your role will be to deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach; providing person centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

You will work as part of a secondary mental health service team, establishing and maintaining positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment.

As a Senior IPS Employment Specialist, you will need to be an able leader, communicator, passionate about getting it right and focused on transforming individual lives through sustainable solutions.

Essential:

You will have:

Previous training in the IPS approach Education to degree level or equivalent experience Experience/understanding of working with people with severe and enduring mental health needs, or a similar client group within health, social services or the voluntary sector Good understanding of the principles and practice of supported employment 

Download the Job Description for full details.

Location:

You will be based in community a community mental health site in Ashford, Kent. The role is not a home working position and you will be required to work from your site. You will carry a reduced caseload of up to 14 clients.

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday 2 days paid volunteering leave each year An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network), MANaging Network Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan Opportunity to request flexible working from day one 

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