Senior Employment Specialist (Individual Placement and Support)
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Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our service users’ lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each service user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. Our core values are “Be open, be compassionate and be bold,” and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
Location: Northamptonshire
Hours: Full time 37.5h per week
Full Time Salary: £35,220.59 – £37,184.91 Dependent on experience (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time). Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
About the role
* Lead a team of IPS Employment Specialists integrated into the Northamptonshire Drug and Alcohol Service to deliver a high fidelity IPS service enabling service users to access and sustain paid employment as part of their recovery goals.
* Ensure IPS service provision is delivered with high fidelity to the IPS model; provide leadership, supervision, training, caseload management, and role modelling of the evidence‑based IPS approach as part of the holistic recovery plan.
* Build effective working relationships with service users, commissioners, treatment service managers and staff, benefits agencies, local employers and ETE providers.
* Monitor and manage performance of the IPS Employment Specialists; guide best practice and achievement of individual and team job outcome targets.
* Develop a culture of continuous improvement and maintain systems to monitor and report service KPIs.
* Identify training needs and arrange appropriate training to support continuous professional development.
* Involve service users in co-production of service developments where possible.
* Coordinate relationships with employers to access opportunities and the hidden labour market; lead the team to ensure face‑to‑face engagement with employers to find the right job matches.
* Manage a small caseload of between 5 – 10 clients at any one time.
* Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to maximise income and employability for service users.
* Promote the IPS service within the treatment service to drive referrals and improve service quality.
About you
* A passion for supporting people to maximise potential and achieve goals.
* Experience working in outcomes‑focused environments with multiple demands.
* Ability to communicate complex information clearly to individuals and groups.
* Accuracy in updating and maintaining records and meeting deadlines for reports.
* Excellent time management and ability to work on own initiative.
We offer
* 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays; an extra day per year during the first five years (30 days after five years).
* Paid wellness hour each week, plus wellbeing hub and Employee Assist Programme.
* Contributory pension scheme and employee benefits (discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.).
* Friendly and supportive team, with training, career development and progression opportunities.
* Participation in the organisation’s Refer‑a‑Friend scheme.
If you think this sounds like your ideal job, we would love to hear from you. Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy. Please note this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time‑limited visas, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa Overview – GOV.UK.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Ranjit Kaur | Ranjit.Kaur@cgl.org.uk. This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
Northampton, England, United Kingdom
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