Job overview

Waythrough was formed in 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Together, we’ve created one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England.

Every year, we support around 125,000 people through nearly 200 services – and it’s all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers.

Role

Location: Calderdale Recovery Steps – Carlton Street
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, 18.5 hours per week (this can be negotiable on hours)
Contract Type: Permanent / Part Time.
Salary: £25,877.80 – £32,090 (Pro-Rata)

Make a real difference in your community

Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier, more independent lives? Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health, substance use, housing or domestic abuse. This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change.

A part time opportunity to be an IPS (Individual Placement and Support) Employment Specialist helps people with drug and alcohol issues secure and retain competitive, paid employment.

Offering bespoke support on a case by case, one to one basis to help people achieve their goals and maintain their recovery.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

  • Managing a caseload
  • Providing personalized support & career coaching
  • Conducting job development
  • Collaborating with clinical teams.
  • Engaging with local employers to develop relationships.

    • Key Job Description Wording & Responsibilities:

  • Targeted Support: “Provide personalized, 1:1, strengths-based coaching to help clients identify employment goals and overcome barriers to work”.
  • Job Development: “Actively build relationships with local employers to identify, negotiate, and secure suitable, competitive job opportunities”.
  • Clinical Collaboration: “Work as an embedded, integral member of the community mental health team, attending meetings to integrate employment with mental health recovery”.
  • Job Retention: “Offer ongoing, personalized support to both the employee and employer to ensure job retention for up to one year”.
  • Vocational Profiling: “Conduct comprehensive vocational assessments to understand client skills, experience, and preferences”.
  • Benefits Advice: “Support clients to understand the impact of employment on welfare benefits and access specialized advice”.
  • Fidelity to Model: “Adhere to the 8 core principles of the IPS approach, ensuring high-fidelity service delivery”.

The person

Essential Skills & Competencies

  • Communication is everything: “Exceptional communication skills, able to build rapport with clients, clinicians, and employers. Need to be people focused and able to confidently approach, engage and build relationships with people from a diverse range of backgrounds”.
  • Resilience: “Passionate about empowering individuals, challenging stigma, and fostering inclusion in what can be a challenging environment. Ability to manage own workload and act independently as well as within a team”.
  • Networking: “Ability to network effectively and represent the service to a wide range of external stakeholders”.
  • Documentation: “Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant records using electronic systems”.