Job overview

“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.”

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Role

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 (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.

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.

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

You will work with people on their individual employment journey from vocational profiling to the point where they no longer require face to face in work support. 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 and coordinating support whilst in employment; managing withdrawal of support as the in work support is no longer required.
Location:

These two roles will be covering South Kent Coast areas, namely Dover and Deal, the candidate will be attached to a clinical team as directed to their line manager with the expectation of flexibility to cover areas within the locality based on service need. The role is Hybrid and there is an expectation that there will be at least 65% of in person working across community sites and minimal home working.

Download the Job Description for full details.

For more information contact kerry.boyd@shaw-trust.org.uk

Responsibilities

See job description attached

The person

Essential:

You will have:

– Experience/understanding of working with people with mental health support needs, or a similar client group within health, social services or the voluntary sector
– Experience of working with someone on a one-to-one basis
– Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets
– Experience of managing multiple tasks at any one time
– Previous experience of working assertively to influence decision makers
– Experience of supporting people to obtain or keep work