“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
Working with clients, health professionals, service providers and employers, as an IPS Employment Specialist you will be 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 have mental health support needs, 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 (for which training will be given); providing person centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.
This is a target driven role. These targets are derived from contract obligations of: Starts On Programme, Job Entries, Job Retention, compliance to Fidelity delivery model (IPS)
The IPS delivery model you will be expected to delivery is underpinned by 8 key principles and 25 Items under the Fidelity Scale. The six key stages on a typical journey are: outreach/referral; vocational profiling; action planning; job search activities (including working on a one-to-one basis with employers to match people with appropriate employment); job placement, job coaching and coordinating ongoing support whilst in employment.
Within your supporting statement candidates MUST include whether you are applying for Supported Employment, Individual Placement and Support or both.
Within your supporting supporting statement you MUST advise the boroughs that you are prepared to work in.
Failure to provide the above may result in your application being rejected.
Proposed date for assessment centre 11.08.25
Vacancies:
6 - (5x IPS 1x SE) - Brent
3 - 2IPS and 1 SE - Barnet
5 - 4 IPS and 1 SE - Hillingdon
3 - 2 IPS and 1 SE - Hammersmith & Fulham
1 - SE Harrow
1 - SE Hounslow
Download the Job Description for full details.
Location:
You will be based within West London (Brent, Barnet, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow and Hillingdon)
Please note this is a community based role with very minimal home-working
Employee Benefits
As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:
1. 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. 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
3. An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
4. Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
5. Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
6. Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
7. Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
8. Opportunity to request flexible working from day one