IPS Employment Advisor (Part-time)

LLOYD'S REGISTER INTERNATIONAL; Enfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Pension contribution 6%

Wellbeing hour every fortnight (FTE)

Travel expenses paid during work hours

Job summary

Working Well Trust in London is seeking a part-time IPS Employment Advisor to support clients in the London Borough of Enfield. You will be based in NHS mental health treatment teams in Enfield Town and Edmonton, helping clients gain and sustain paid employment.

You will receive IPS training and work with employers to place clients, eventually spending up to 65% in the Enfield community. This role is on-site with a salary of £33,000 per year (FTE).

Qualifications

• Genuine desire to support people into meaningful employment.
• Commitment to person-centred work and IPS approach.
• Confidence engaging with employers and promoting the service benefits.
• Good organisation skills and ability to manage a caseload.
• Beneficial: experience with mental health difficulties.
• Beneficial: local knowledge of the Borough.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of clients with mental health needs to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment.
• Deliver the IPS approach with person-centred support.
• Build positive relationships with local employers to enable client employment.
• Work as part of a NHS mental health team to ensure integrated, client-led care.

Skills

Client support

Employer engagement

Caseload management

Organisational skills

Mental health awareness

Flexibility

Job description

Job Description

Edmonton, Greater London (On-site)

£33,000 per year (FTE)

We are recruiting a part-time IPS Employment Advisor for our IPS service in the London Borough of Enfield. You will be based in one of the NHS mental health treatment teams in Enfield Town and Edmonton Areas.

This role will be working with clients who have mental health support needs, wanting to gain and sustain paid employment.

Experience of employment support is not essential, it is more important that you share our passion and commitment to employment as an integral aspect of wellbeing and supporting people to find the right job for them. You will receive training on the IPS model and in supporting people with mental health issues. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health, either personally or through a close contact.

You need to have a desire to support people to achieve their employment goals, and the ability to multitask and manage your workload effectively. Good organisation skills are essential for this role, in addition to an interest in mental health, and the role it plays in the workplace. The successful candidate will need to become comfortable in approaching employers, and showcase the advantages of our service in order to work with them to recruit our clients to fill vacancies and sustain employment.

What you’ll be doing

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. You will deliver the IPSapproach (for which training will be given); providing person centred support 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 mental health team (NHS Trust)maintaining positive and integrated relationships, fostering a holistic approach to recovery through employment. You will work closely with clinical teams, providing a coordinated approach thatalways remainsclient led.

You will be based at one of the following NHS mental health treatment teams:

• Enfield’s Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service, Lucas House Edmonton
• Community Rehabilitation Team Enfield, Park Avenue, Enfield Town

You will spend up to 65% of your week working in the community of Enfield to provide localised support to residents of the Borough.

You will also be working to contract targets whilst maintaining a high-quality service.

What you’ll need

Experience in employment support is not essential. We are looking for someone who brings:

• A genuine desire to support people into meaningful employment.
• Commitment to person-centred work and either experience of or enthusiasm to learn the IPS approach.
• Confidence engaging with employers and promoting the benefits of our service.
• Good organisation skills and the ability to manage a caseload effectively.
• Beneficial (but not essential): experience working with people with mental health difficulties.
• Beneficial (but not essential): local knowledge/ experience of the Borough

What we offer

• £33,000 per year (FTE)
• 30 days annual leave plus public holidays, (FTE)
• Employer pension contribution of 6%
• Supportive environment within a growing, dedicated team
• Meaningful, rewarding work supporting people into employment
• Expenses paid for mandatory travel during work hours.
• Flexible, paid Wellbeing Hour every fortnight (FTE)

What’s next

Before you apply, please note the following:

• We actively recruit and carefully review all applications.Due to rapid service expansion, we have onboarded 20 external hires in the last six months.
• To ensure we can best support the people and communities we serve, we progress applications only where candidates provide meaningful answers to the screening questions.
• Career development is real here: in the past year, 10 colleagues have progressed internally into Senior roles, Project Lead, Team Lead, and Operations Manager positions. We value ambition and celebrate progression.
• If you require any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage, for example due to a disability, learning difficulty or health condition, please let us know in advance so that we can make appropriate arrangements.

Working Well Trust is an equal opportunities employer and Confident about Disabilities.

Closing date:Wednesday 30th September 2026(09:00).Please note, we may be actively interviewing during this time and may close the vacancy early.

First stage interviews:5th – 9th October 2026 (subject to change if advert closes early)

Final Stage interviews (in person in Edmonton):w/c 12th October 2026 (subject to change if advert closes early)