Individual Placement and Support - Employment Specialist

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Employment Specialists identify and meet service users vocational goals by providing individually tailored programs using a person centred approach. The IPS staff sit within Community Mental Health clinical teams so that they are embedded and part of that MDT and wider discussion.
• Completing initial assessments of service users' vocational needs
• Work collaboratively with service users to complete a Vocational Profile
• Confidential and individualised support to meet service user's employment goals.
• Help to search for jobs quickly
• Help to build or rebuild CVs, make applications and prepare for interviews
• Support with the disclosure of mental health conditions, should service users choose to disclose
• Contact with local employers to seek fresh opportunities and support for the employer to help service users to return to work
• Continued support once service users are in work for them and their employer
• Work Retention support
• Actively and regularly engage with employers and employment services
• Attend and actively contribute to CMHT team allocation meetings
• Complete required records for caseload and service activity and achievement of outcomes
• Work flexibly across the county to support service need

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to GCSE level

Desirable criteria

• Qualification in delivering Employment or Vocational Activities

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of helping people to obtain or keep work.
• An understanding of the principles and practices of supported employment.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of supporting people with mental health conditions into vocational/employment activities
• An understanding of the principals and practices of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model.

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent written communication skills for writing CVs, employer contacts and job applications
• Excellent internet use skills for job search, research and online applications
• An ability and confidence to initiate and develop face to face relationships with employers and other agencies
• Ability to travel easily between locations around Northamptonshire

Desirable criteria

• Basic Counselling or Motivational Interviewing Skills

Important Information

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit:

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Northampton

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Salary indication

Between £32,073 and £39,043 Per Year

Published at

05-09-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No