IPS Team Leader: Empower Employment Specialists

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Team Leader for the Employment Retention and Job Seeking Service. You will oversee Employment Specialists, supervise practice, and promote IPS-based pathways to help people with mental health challenges retain or gain paid work.

The role involves leading service development, partnership work and direct client support to deliver high-quality, person-centred employment interventions and improved outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams delivering employment support for people with mental health challenges.
• Ability to supervise, train and role-model IPS-based practice.
• Strong networking with local employers and community partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Employment Specialists to promote client employment outcomes.
• Provide supervision, training and role modelling of IPS approach.
• Collaborate with mental health teams and external stakeholders to raise expectations and improve access to work.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

IPS model

Job description

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Team Leader for the Employment Retention and Job Seeking Service. You will oversee Employment Specialists, supervise practice, and promote IPS-based pathways to help people with mental health challenges retain or gain paid work.

The role involves leading service development, partnership work and direct client support to deliver high-quality, person-centred employment interventions and improved outcomes.