IPS Team Leader: Meaningful Employment Impact

IPS Grow; Leicester; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Standguide in Leicestershire is seeking an IPS Team Manager to lead a small team of Employment Specialists, ensuring delivery of the IPS approach for health service users and high-quality service.

You’ll supervise, train and manage caseloads, build relationships with employers, and coordinate regional activities to access the hidden labour market and support sustainable paid employment.

Qualifications

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience.
• Desirable – trained in IPS approach.
• Understanding of the employment needs, and challenges faced by people who experience health difficulties.
• Experience/understanding of working with people with health support needs, or a similar client group within health, social services, or the voluntary sector.
• Natural ability to build close, trusting, and productive relationships with people.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative to develop and promote a service.
• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle are required. Alternative travel arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered where appropriate.
• Overseas equivalent qualifications will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Effectively manage a high-quality IPS service that adheres to the principles of IPS best practice.
• Drive and monitor stakeholder engagement to ensure development of a robust referral pipeline.
• Attend multidisciplinary team meetings, delivering presentations as needed to promote provision.
• Monitor and manage performance of the IPS Employment Specialists – guide them individually on best practice and achieving individual and team job outcome targets.
• Support the design and delivery of in-house staff training and development (including facilitating peer learning and best practice).
• Coordinate the work of Employment Specialists in a region in relation to building relationships with employers to effectively access the hidden labour market, external agencies and delivery of job seeking groups.
• Spend time getting to know local employers, in order to negotiate job opportunities that meet each individual’s strengths, needs, abilities and preferences.
• Arrange/facilitate education and support to employers, as agreed with the individual, which may include negotiating adjustments, return to work strategy and on-going contact with the employer to ensure job retention.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Training & development

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

Standguide in Leicestershire is seeking an IPS Team Manager to lead a small team of Employment Specialists, ensuring delivery of the IPS approach for health service users and high-quality service.

You’ll supervise, train and manage caseloads, build relationships with employers, and coordinate regional activities to access the hidden labour market and support sustainable paid employment.