IPS Employment Specialist - NE Lincs

Double Impact; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days annual leave

Company pension

Paid mileage

Job summary

Double Impact is hiring an IPS Employment Specialist in Grimsby to support individuals in structured treatment for substance use to find and retain meaningful employment. You will receive full training in the IPS model—an evidence-based approach used across UK health settings.

You will manage a caseload, engage employers, and provide ongoing support, with a focus on return-to-work planning and tailored workplace adjustments. A full driving licence is essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the IPS model or willingness to research it.
• Experience helping or supporting people in any setting.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build rapport with diverse individuals.
• Confidence approaching employers and promoting clients’ strengths.
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness.
• Understanding of the challenges faced by people with substance use issues.
• Energy, enthusiasm, resilience and the ability to work to targets.
• Strong organisational and written communication skills.
• A full driving licence (essential).
• Recruitment experience, lived experience of drug/alcohol use (personal or family) is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of approximately 25 clients in structured treatment who are motivated to start or return to work.
• Initiate employer contact and job search activity within 4 weeks of engagement.
• Build supportive relationships with employers to create and sustain job opportunities.
• Provide personalised, ongoing support to clients and employers—including employer education, return-to-work planning, and workplace adjustments to ensure job retention.
• Offer basic advice and signposting on welfare benefits to help clients make informed decisions.
• Work collaboratively with the treatment service, attending team meetings and acting as an embedded IPS practitioner.

Skills

IPS knowledge

People support experience

Strong communication

Employer outreach

Negotiation skills

Driving licence

Recruitment experience

Lived experience

Job description

Location: Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham & surrounding areas (community-based)
Employer: Double Impact (North East Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership)
Salary: £29,244 per year with progression potential to £33,880
Hours: Full-time

Role Overview

Double Impact’s expanding employment service is seeking a motivated IPS Employment
Specialist to support individuals in structured treatment for substance use to find and retain
meaningful employment. You will receive full training in the IPS (Individual Placement and
Support) model—an internationally recognised, evidence-based approach used across UK
drug/alcohol services and health settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of approximately 25 clients in structured treatment who are
  motivated to start or return to work.
• Initiate employer contact and job search activity within 4 weeks of engagement.
• Build supportive relationships with employers to create and sustain job opportunities.
• Provide personalised, ongoing support to clients and employers—including employer
  education, return-to-work planning, and workplace adjustments to ensure job retention.
• Offer basic advice and signposting on welfare benefits to help clients make informed
  decisions.
• Work collaboratively with the treatment service, attending team meetings and acting as
  an embedded IPS practitioner.

About You

• We’d love to hear from you if you have:
• Knowledge of the IPS model (or willingness to research it).
• Experience helping or supporting people in any setting.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build rapport with diverse individuals—
  from clients to CEOs.
• Confidence approaching employers and promoting clients’ strengths.
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness.
• Understanding of the challenges faced by people with substance use issues.
• Energy, enthusiasm, resilience and the ability to work to targets.
• Strong organisational and written communication skills.
• A full driving licence (essential).
• Recruitment experience, lived experience of drug/alcohol use (personal or family),or a strong desire
  to make a difference are all valuable—please highlight these in your application.

Benefits

• 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays),increasing with service
• Company pension
• Paid mileage (minus home-to-base):