IPS Team Leader

Shaw Trust; United States; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced pension scheme

Life Assurance

Learning and development opportunities

Employee networks

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Shaw Trust seeks an IPS Team Leader to manage up to 10 Employment Specialists, delivering supervision, training and caseload management while modelling the Individual Placement and Support approach within a holistic recovery plan for mental health clients.

The role focuses on leading a high‑quality service that meets fidelity standards and delivers positive outcomes for service users, with home based work and regional travel involved.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent experience
• Experience with people with mental health support needs or related health/social services experience
• Experience in employment services and knowledge of disability and special needs issues, policies and legislation
• Experience delivering training
• Ability to model recovery‑focused practice including co‑production
• Awareness of safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults; Enhanced DBS required

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of up to 10 Employment Specialists
• Provide supervision, training and caseload management
• Role model IPS approach as part of a holistic recovery plan for mental health clients
• Ensure fidelity to service standards and deliver positive outcomes for service users

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

The IPS Team Leader will manage a team of up to 10 Employment Specialists employed by Shaw Trust. Providing supervision, training, caseload management, and role modelling of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach, as part of the holistic recovery plan for mental health clients. The IPS Team Leader will provide a pivotal role in managing a high-quality service that meets fidelity standards and delivers positive outcomes for service users.

Essential

You will have:

• Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience
• Relevant experience of working with people with mental health support needs, or a similar group within health, social services or the voluntary sector
• Good understanding of the principles and practice of supported employment Relevant experience working in employment services. Working knowledge of a broad range of occupations and jobs. Knowledge of disability and special needs issues, policies and legislation in relation to employment
• Experience of delivering training
• Ability to model recovery focused practice including co-production
• Be able to display an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults. This post requires a Disclosure and Barring Service Check at an Enhanced level

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Location

Home based with regional travel

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, Women’s Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Menopause Peer Support Group, The MANaging Network, The Young Professionals Network and Back to Work Support Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

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.
• We are proud to hold the menopause friendly accreditation, hosting a regular Menopause Peer Support Groups providing a safe space for colleagues share experiences or ask questions.
• 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.

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Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.