IPS Employment Specialist

As an IPS Employment Specialist, you'll empower people with health support needs to find meaningful, sustainable work that matches their ambitions, strengths and individual circumstances. Every day, you'll help people build confidence, overcome barriers and take positive steps towards greater independence, social inclusion and wellbeing.

Working closely with participants, health professionals, service providers and local employers, you'll provide personalised support throughout an individual's employment journey. From understanding their goals and creating action plans, to securing the right role and providing ongoing in-work support, you'll be there every step of the way.

You'll use the nationally recognised Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach, receiving full training to help you deliver a high-quality, person-centred service. Building strong relationships with employers will be a key part of the role, creating opportunities that lead to successful and lasting employment outcomes.

This is a varied, rewarding and field-based role where no two days are the same. One day you might be meeting a participant to explore their career aspirations, the next you're working with a local employer to open doors to new opportunities.

You'll manage your own caseload and work towards key performance targets, including programme starts, job outcomes, job retention and IPS fidelity standards, while demonstrating Shaw Trust's values and behaviours in everything you do.

We're looking for someone who is a natural relationship-builder, an excellent communicator and genuinely motivated by helping others succeed. If you're passionate about making a real difference and helping people achieve their employment goals, we'd love to hear from you.

"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., 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.

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