Connect to Work Employment Specialist

Daventry - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

An IPS Employment Specialist in the Connect to Work programme provides intensive personalised employment-focused support to people with complex barriers working collaboratively across health employment and community settings. The role is dynamic relationship based and highly impactful helping clients achieve lifechanging outcomes through meaningful employment.

Key Responsibilities

Manage an active caseload of 25 clients who want to start or return to work
Conduct vocational profiling identifying skills aspirations and employment goals
Develop personalised action plans supporting job search CV writing applications interview preparation and career planning
Assess clients support needs including:
- Travel planning
- Benefits and welfare advice
- Disclosure support around health conditions
- Budgeting and betteroff calculations
Provide inwork support to help clients sustain roles including frequent early-job checkins and longterm followup
Support clients at risk of job loss due to ill health helping them maintain employment
Source job opportunities
Promote the service to employers and negotiate reasonable adjustments and phased returns
Maintain ongoing contact with employers to support job retention and resolve employment challenges
Champion equality diversity and inclusive employment practices
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team including Primary Care training providers mental health teams DWP and referral partners
Build relationships that generate referrals and strengthen community-based employment support networks
Maintain accurate case notes progress reports and CRMbased documentation
Work to IPS fidelity standards and ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of client outcomes
Collect feedback from service users to support continuous service improvement
Work independently reliably and consistently to deliver highquality IPS practice

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Qualifications and Specific Training

Full NVQ Level 2 in customer service business administration accounting or IT (essential)
GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and mathematics (essential)
Level 2 IT Qualification such as ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) (essential)
Full UK driving licence (often required due to communitybased work) (essential)
Willingness to undertake IPSspecific training (e.g. IPS Grow training Fidelity training) (essential)
First Aid at Work Certificate (desirable)
IOSH Health and Safety Qualification (desirable)
Level 3 qualification or above in a relevant field (e.g. Health & Social Care Employability Psychology Social Sciences) (desirable)

Experience

Experience supporting individuals to achieve goals ideally in employment skills health or social care settings (essential)
Experience engaging with employers or supporting clients into work (essential)
Skills for Life awareness (desirable)
Knowledge of the local labour market (desirable)
Understanding and awareness for clients with multiple and complex difficulties (desirable)

Knowledge

Barriers to learning and employment (essential)
How to support customer and promote independence (essential)
Support strategies for various customer specific needs (essential)
Comfortable working in community settings and travelling within the region (knowledge of local community/work environments) (essential)
Understanding of the IPS Fidelity Model and evidencebased practice (training provided) (desirable)
Knowledge of mental health disability health inequalities and the Equality Act 2010 (desirable)

Skills

The ability to work under pressure in a highly performance driven organisation (essential)
The ability to work effectively as part of a team (essential)
The ability to work accurately and actively programme solving (essential)
The ability to reflect on your own performance to support quality improvement (essential)
The ability to manage time effectively and plan your own workload (essential)
Strong organisational and caseloadmanagement skills (essential)
Excellent communication skills (in person telephone written) (essential)
Ability to build effective relationships with clients employers and multiagency partners (essential)

We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates irrespective of gender disability marital or parental status ethnic or social origin religion belief or sexual addition during the various stages of recruitment reasonable adjustments can be taken to ensure equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs.

As users of the disability confident scheme we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy

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