IPS Employment Specialist

IPS LLP; Greater Lincolnshire; Presencial; GBP 36 000 - 48 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Double Impact is seeking a Senior IPS Employment Specialist to lead employment support across North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire. You will supervise IPS Specialists, manage a 10–15 client caseload and build strong relationships with local employers to create opportunities for clients.

You will drive fidelity to IPS principles, monitor outcomes, and coordinate training and improvement initiatives across the team.

Qualificações

• Knowledge of the IPS model or has researched it.
• Experience supporting people to achieve positive outcomes.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confident engaging with clients and senior leaders.
• Commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Organised, adaptable and solution-focused.
• Genuine passion for supporting people affected by substance misuse.
• Thrives in a target-driven environment.
• Excellent written, verbal and organisational skills.
• Committed to high-quality, person-centred support.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and support the delivery of a high-quality IPS service that adheres to IPS principles and fidelity standards.
• Provide supervision, coaching and support to IPS Employment Specialists.
• Monitor individual and team performance against agreed employment outcome targets.
• Maintain a personal caseload of approximately 10-15 clients across North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire.
• Develop relationships with employers and engage with at least four employers each week on behalf of clients.
• Coordinate employer engagement activity across the team.
• Produce monitoring reports for internal stakeholders, commissioners and partner organisations.
• Drive continuous service improvement through quality assurance, client feedback and stakeholder collaboration.
• Facilitate co-production opportunities and encourage service user involvement in service development.

Conhecimentos

IPS model knowledge

Experience helping people

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation skills

Organised & solution-focused

Excellent communication

Passion for recovery

Target-driven

Written/verbal skills

People outcomes experience

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Double Impact's highly successful and expanding Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Service is looking for an experienced and motivated Senior IPS Employment Specialist to lead and develop employment support delivery across North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire. This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation that delivers IPS services across Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North-East Lincolnshire, West Northamptonshire, Bristol and Hackney, helping people affected by substance misuse move towards sustainable and meaningful employment. If you are passionate about supporting people into work, developing others, building relationships with employers and delivering excellent outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

About the Role

• North-East Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership (North-East Lincolnshire)
• WithYou (North Lincolnshire)

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the delivery of a high-quality IPS service that adheres to IPS principles and fidelity standards.
• Provide supervision, coaching and support to IPS Employment Specialists.
• Monitor individual and team performance against agreed employment outcome targets.
• Maintain a personal caseload of approximately 10-15 clients across North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire.
• Develop relationships with employers and engage with at least four employers each week on behalf of clients.
• Support Employment Specialists to increase employer engagement and access opportunities within the hidden labour market.
• Identify learning and development needs and coordinate appropriate training.
• Support the design and delivery of internal training, peer learning and best practice initiatives.
• Coordinate employer engagement activity across the team.
• Produce monitoring reports for internal stakeholders, commissioners and partner organisations.
• Drive continuous service improvement through quality assurance, client feedback and stakeholder collaboration.
• Facilitate co-production opportunities and encourage service user involvement in service development.
• Identify barriers to effective service delivery and work with partners to implement solutions.
• Conduct monthly solution-focused supervision sessions and caseload reviews.
• Ensure client feedback is actively gathered, reviewed and used to inform service improvements.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Has knowledge of, or has researched, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model.
• Has experience of supporting people to achieve positive outcomes.
• Has strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Is confident engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, from clients to senior business leaders.
• Demonstrates commercial awareness and effective negotiation skills.
• Is organised, adaptable and solution-focused.
• Has a genuine passion for supporting people affected by substance misuse.
• Thrives in a target-driven environment.
• Has excellent written, verbal and organisational skills.
• Is committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred support.

Experience within employment support is desirable. We also welcome applications from candidates with transferable skills, lived experience of recovery, substance misuse, or supporting family members affected by addiction, together with a genuine commitment to helping people achieve their employment goals.

• Full training in the internationally recognised IPS model.
• Excellent development and progression opportunities within a growing sector.
• Starting salary determined by skills, knowledge and relevant experience.
• Opportunities for annual pay progression in line with organisational policy.
• 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays),increasing with service.
• Mileage reimbursement for business travel
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in people's lives through recovery and employment support.