IPS Employment Specialist

Via; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization is seeking an IPS Employment Specialist to provide tailored employment support to individuals in recovery. You'll collaborate with clinical teams and help build inclusive job opportunities while making a meaningful impact in your community. The role offers a hybrid working model, with training provided to develop your skills as you support clients in achieving their employment goals.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Financial perks

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Commitment to support individuals in recovery.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical teams.
• Willingness to learn and grow through training.

Responsibilities

• Provide tailored employment support to individuals.
• Collaborate with partners to create job opportunities.
• Support clients in achieving their employment goals.

Skills

Compassionate

Proactive

Great communicator

Belief in potential

Job description

Overview

The Role Employment can be a powerful part of someone’s recovery journey. As an IPS Employment Specialist, you’ll be a key part of that transformation—helping people rediscover purpose, confidence, and independence through work.

Every day is different, but your impact will be consistent. You’ll:

• Provide one-to-one, tailored employment support to people in recovery.
• Work closely with clinical teams, support workers, and community partners to ensure a joined-up approach.
• Build relationships with local employers to create inclusive job opportunities.

You don’t need to be an expert in recovery; we’ll provide full training.

What matters most is that you:

• Are compassionate, proactive, and a great communicator.
• Believe in people’s potential to grow and succeed with paid work.
• Want to make a real difference in your community.

Service

We’re proud to deliver IPS (Individual Placement and Support) a proven, evidence-based model that helps people with mental health and/or substance use challenges achieve their employment goals.

But don’t just take our word for it. Here are some reflections from clients:

“I had been drifting and my confidence had sunk… IPS helped change my life.”

“I got the help I was looking for… I found work after 17 years of being unemployed.”

If you want to learn more about what a career is like working in IPS, see IPS Grow.

Location

You will work at your base in Woking/Guildford but will be expected also to provide coverage across the wider Surrey county. All reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed. There will be a hybrid approach to working.

Benefits

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package.

Application and Enquiries

For an informal chat about the role please contact Val Bansal, Team Leader via [e-mail].

The deadline for applications is at midnight on the 2nd of January 2026.

However, we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. We will inform shortlisted candidates of the next steps in the process.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs; please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.

Appointment to all our posts is subject to satisfactory completion of safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.

Please email [e-mail] if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.

Note: Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.