Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for several experienced and motivated Band 6 Team Leaders to join our expanding Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services. We have a number of different locations available which cover Merseyside (travel will be expected within the role).
IPS is a nationally recognised, evidence‑based model that helps people with severe and enduring mental health conditions to secure and sustain paid employment as part of their recovery journey. Our service works in partnership with Community Mental Health Teams and Early Intervention in Psychosis Teams as well as community partners such as DWP, providing personalised, recovery‑focused employment support to Mersey Care service users.
These roles sit within The Life Rooms portfolio, an innovative and forward‑thinking part of Mersey Care that focuses on social‑model interventions, empowerment, and opportunity. As a Team Leader, you will play a pivotal role in shaping high‑quality IPS delivery, supporting Employment Specialists, and ensuring our service users receive exceptional, outcome‑driven support.
Interviews planned for 20th and 22nd May.
Responsibilities
* Leading and supporting a team of up to 10 Employment Specialists, each co‑located within Community Mental Health /Early Intervention clinical teams or out in the community.
* Overseeing delivery of the IPS service specification, ensuring that all performance targets and key performance indicators (KPIs) are achieved.
* Producing and presenting quarterly performance reports to Commissioners, demonstrating outcomes, progress, and service impact.
* Ensuring strong service governance, including preparation of monthly Quality Improvement Group reports.
* Maintaining high quality standards through coordination and readiness of IPS Fidelity Reviews, ensuring adherence to national IPS principles.
* Driving continuous service development, identifying opportunities for innovation, growth, and improved outcomes for service users.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE ROLE AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES.
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 May 2026
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