IPS Employment Specialist North West Herts (PATH TEAM)

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); St Albans; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust is seeking an IPS Employment Specialist to support individuals with psychiatric conditions in gaining employment. The role involves managing a caseload, providing dedicated support based on IPS principles, and helping service users achieve their recovery goals. Join a team dedicated to making a significant impact in the lives of service users.

Qualifications

• Experience in employment support or similar role preferred.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions and IPS principles.
• Competence in managing a caseload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide Individual Placement Support to service users seeking employment.
• Manage a caseload of up to 25 service users with severe mental health conditions.
• Assist service users in obtaining and sustaining paid employment.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Relevant degree in Mental Health or Human Resources

Job description

IPS Employment Specialist North West Herts - PATH Service

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You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Community Team. As the Employment Specialist (ES) for the PATH team, you will be responsible for providing Individual Placement Support (IPS) for all Service Users who are currently unemployed who express a desire to gain paid employment as part of their recovery goals. You will carry a caseload of up to 25 service users, providing a high quality employment service service to adults of all ages having First Episode Psychosis (FEP).

You will work intensively with a defined caseload of Service Users who have a severe and enduring mental health condition which impacts on their ability to gain work. You will assist them to obtain and sustain paid employment that is consistent with their goals, utilising the eight principles of Individual Placement Support (IPS).

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

Our Trust Values Are

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Pashley Job title: IPS Service Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07811 476977

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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