Purpose
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 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, 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 community mental health team and/or early intervention psychosis team or Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) team, maintaining positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment. This role is peripatetic and will involve the majority of time in the community or at clinical hubs, with limited home working.
Responsibilities
1. Deliver the IPS approach (training provided) and provide person-centred advice and guidance to clients.
2. Manage an assigned caseload of clients with mental health support needs and support their journey to sustainable paid employment aligned with their preferences.
3. Build and maintain positive relationships with local employers to facilitate suitable employment opportunities.
4. Work with clients from vocational profiling to job placement and in-work support, coordinating withdrawal of support as it is no longer required.
5. Collaborate within the community mental health, early intervention psychosis, or IAPT teams to foster a holistic recovery through employment.
6. Engage as a communicative and proactive member of the team, ensuring clear and effective liaison with clients and stakeholders.
Essential qualifications
* Trained/Knowledge of the IPS approach (E)
* Experience/understanding of working with people with mental health support needs, or a similar client group within health, social services or the voluntary sector (E)
* Experience of working with someone on a one-to-one basis (E)
* Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets (E)
* Experience of managing multiple tasks at any one time (E)
* Previous experience of working assertively to influence decision makers (E)
* Experience of supporting people to obtain or keep work (E)
Location
You will be based within Swindon. This is a peripatetic role with no/minimal home working. IPS Employment specialists are either at their clinical hubs or in the community meeting participants, stakeholders or employers.
Employee 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, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Menopause Peer Support Group, The MANaging Network, The Young Professionals Network and Back to Work Support Group)
* Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
Additional information
Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. We are a Disability Confident Leader and support the government’s Access to Work scheme. We are proud to hold menopause-friendly accreditation with ongoing peer support groups.
If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk.
Shaw Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
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