IPS Employment Specialist Shaw Trust

This Endorsed; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated employment specialist to empower individuals facing health challenges in their journey towards sustainable employment. This role involves managing a diverse caseload, providing tailored support, and fostering relationships with local employers. You'll work primarily in the community, delivering impactful services that promote social mobility and inclusivity. Join a mission-driven organization that values diversity and offers a range of employee benefits, including generous leave and professional development opportunities. If you are passionate about making a difference and supporting others, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Paid volunteering leave

Enhanced pension scheme

Life Assurance

Learning and development opportunities

Health and Wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals with health conditions to secure employment.
• Ability to meet targets and plan workloads effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of 25 to 30 individuals seeking employment.
• Deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach.

Skills

Continuing Professional Development

Meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets

Supporting people to obtain or keep work

Planning and organizing workload

Job description

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

The successful candidate will work with people with a physical and/or mental health condition which impacts their ability to gain or sustain work. You will manage a caseload of between 25 to 30 individuals to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. You will deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach (for which training will be given); providing person centred advice and guidance to individuals, whilst building positive relationships with local employers and stakeholders to enable individuals to move into suitable employment. Embedded within Primary Care, GP practices, Community Health Teams, Job Centres and the wider community, you will support participants on their recovery journey towards better health and wellbeing.

Please Note

This is an in-person role, working 65% of the time in the community with 1-2 days per week onsite with the community mental health team at Vivienne Cohen house. This role is minimal home working (1 day maximum per week). Each employment specialist is required to do in-person Employer Engagement.

Essential

You will have:

• Demonstrable evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets
• Proven experience of supporting people to obtain or keep work
• Ability to plan and organise workload to meet required targets and deadlines

Location:

Hackney, London

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust, as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network), MANaging Network
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here.

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition:

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: [e-mail].

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.