Employment Specialist - Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

NHS Jobs; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Massachusetts is seeking an Employment Specialist to deliver Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services. The role focuses on one-to-one employment support, helping clients obtain or maintain education or work, and overcoming ill health obstacles to returning to work.

The ideal candidate will have IPS knowledge, experience assisting people with mental health challenges, strong administrative skills, and the ability to travel to various locations.

Qualifications

• One-to-one employment support experience.
• Understanding of employment needs of people with mental health problems.
• Knowledge of IPS.
• Experience of working one-to-one, offering motivation and support.
• Ability to travel as required and work flexible hours.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills.
• Data collection experience.

Skills

One-to-one employment support

Understanding of employment needs (mhm

IPS knowledge

Experience working one-to-one

Travel flexibility

Flexible hours

Administrative and organisational

Data collection

Relationship building

Multi-tasking

Job description

Employment Specialist - Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

We welcome people from a range of backgrounds and with all kinds of life experience and actively encourage those who have lived experience of mental illness. To be successful in this role we would like you to have:

• One to one employment support of helping people to obtain or keep education/work
• An understanding of the employment needs and difficulties of people who experience mental health problems
• Knowledge of range of resources for helping people to maintain employment when facing ill health difficulties
• Skills in vocational assessment and in assessing ill health obstacles to returning to work and working with employees to overcome these
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently
• Skills in vocational assessment and in assessing ill health obstacles to returning to work and working with employees to overcome these
• Employment support experience
• Knowledge of IPS
• Experience of working with people on a one-to-one basis, offering motivation and support
• The ability to build good relationships with a range of different people, from employers to clients
• The ability to manage multiple tasks at once
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Data collection experience
• A passion for making a difference to peoples lives
• An ability to meet the travel requirements of the role, including areas not accessible by public transport
• A preparedness to work flexible hours through prior arrangement as the needs of the job dictate (e.g some evenings)

For full details of the duties and criteria please refer to the job description and person specification attached.