IPS Employment Specialist

Shaw Trust; Sheffield (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

2 days volunteering leave

Enhanced pension

Life Assurance at 3x salary

Learning and development opportunities

Diversity networks

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working from day one

Job summary

Shaw Trust invites applications for an IPS Employment Specialist based in Sheffield. You will empower individuals with mental health support needs by delivering person-centred guidance and the IPS approach to secure sustainable employment aligned with their preferences.

Working with Primary Care, Community Care and local employers, you will support holistic health through employment and benefit from a comprehensive rewards package and flexibility from day one.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the IPS approach with person-centred guidance to clients.
• Foster positive relationships with local employers to support sustainable employment.

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

As an IPS Employment Specialist, your mission is to empower individuals with mental health support needs by helping them secure sustainable employment in alignment with their preferences (meaningful to them) in order to rebuild their lives.

You will deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach, providing person-centred guidance to clients while fostering positive relationships with local employers. Your role within Primary Care, Community Care, and local organisations will support a holistic approach to reaching good health through employment.

Important Information

Download the Job Description for full details.

Our recruitment process for this role will include an Assessment Centre to be held at a Sheffield location on Wednesday 28th October. Shortlisted candidates will be invite to attend either a morning or afternoon session and will need to be available 9-12 or 1-4.

Location

You will be based in Sheffield. This is a community based role.

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, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
• 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: Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

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.