Senior Employment Specialist (Individual Placement and Support)

Change Grow Live; Northampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in Northamptonshire seeks an IPS Senior Employment Specialist to lead a team, ensuring service delivery adheres to IPS best practices. The role demands strong leadership to monitor performance, manage clients, and create effective employer relationships. You will champion service user development. Full-time position offering competitive salary and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Paid Wellness hour

Contributory pension scheme

Employee discounts

Training and career development

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a high-quality service.
• Ability to guide teams and monitor performance.
• Strong organizational skills for deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage IPS service to ensure adherence to best practice.
• Guide Employment Specialists towards job outcome targets.
• Produce systems to monitor service KPIs.
• Lead team to foster relationships with employers.

Skills

Support for people

Time-management

Communication of complex information

Working in outcomes-focused environment

Job description

Overview

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives offering support and respect in a safe environment treating each service user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are Be open, be compassionate and be bold and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives grow as individuals and live life to its full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity in Northamptonshire for an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Senior Employment Specialist with the skills and experience to lead a team of Employment Specialists to deliver a high fidelity IPS service enabling Service Users to access and sustain paid employment as part of their recovery goals.

Location

Northamptonshire

Hours & Salary

Full time – 37.5 hours per week.

Salary: £35,220.59 – £37,184.91 pro‑rata for part‑time.

Responsibilities

• Effectively manage a high-quality service that adheres to the core principles of IPS best practice.
• Monitor and manage performance of the IPS Employment Specialists, guide them on best practice and achieving individual and team job outcome targets.
• Ensure service delivery achieves a high fidelity to the IPS model.
• Create a team culture of continuous improvement.
• Produce and maintain systems and processes to monitor and report on service KPIs.
• Identify training needs of staff and arrange appropriate training to support continuous professional development.
• Involve service users in co-production of service developments where possible.
• Compile and present regular service reports to commissioners, steering group and funders as required.
• Coordinate the work of Employment Specialists in relation to building relationships with employers to effectively access the hidden labour market.
• Lead the team to ensure Employment Specialists spend enough time in face‑to‑face meetings with employers to find the right job match.
• Manage a small caseload of between 5 – 10 clients at any one time.
• Work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to access opportunities for service users to maximise their income and increase their employability.
• Promote the IPS service within the treatment service to drive quantity and quality of referrals to the service.

About you

• A passion for supporting people to maximise their potential and achieve their goals.
• Experience of working in an outcomes‑focused environment and working with multiple demands.
• Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood.
• The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information (e.g., reports).
• Excellent time‑management skills and an ability to work on own initiative prioritising accordingly.

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays; an additional day of annual leave for each year of service during the first five years (30 days of leave after five years).
• Paid Wellness hour each week along with a Wellness hub and Employee Assist Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Several employee benefits inc. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays etc.
• A friendly and supportive team.
• Training, career development and progression opportunities.
• Participation in our organisation’s Refer‑a‑Friend scheme.

Application details

If you think this sounds like your ideal job we would love to hear from you.

Direct applications only – we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

Visa: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time‑limited visas we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Requirements

Required Experience: Senior IC.

Employment Type

Full‑time.

Closing date

2 November 2025.

Contact

Ranjit Kaur