IPS Employment Specialist

Job Overview

IPS Employment Specialist

Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024.

As such, if you don’t meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.

Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).

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We have an exciting opportunity for 2 full time (37.5 hours) and one part time (20 hours) Employment Specialists to join our Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Services Team in Milton Keynes. This role focuses on supporting people with severe mental health conditions into paid employment.

We are seeking individuals who have experience managing a caseload and supporting people into work. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, organised, and demonstrate excellent time-management skills. We are looking for someone with the right values and attributes, including a strong belief that anyone with a mental health condition can work, the initiative to work independently, a commitment to effective teamwork and the ability to work within an evidence-based model meeting key performance indicators.

In this role, you will actively promote employment and raise expectations that people using mental health services can secure and sustain paid work. You will work towards individual and team targets and will receive support from an Employment Team Leader, a clinical supervisor, and local peers.

The post requires significant community-based work, providing direct support to clients, developing job opportunities through the hidden labour market, and building strong networks with local agencies and employers.

Using the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model you’ll be:

• Supporting and motivating individuals with mental health conditions to access and sustain paid employment.
• Supporting the clients through Vocational profiling, CV production, application support, interview techniques, assessing the financial implications of work, negating reasonable adjustments and managing their health at work.
• Involving sourcing job opportunities through regular contact with local employers within the community, breaking down the barriers for our clients.

Working for Central North West London NHS Trust, you will also be part of the Trust-wide Employment Services Team which comprises over 40 people and is rapidly growing.

You will receive a number of staff benefits working for CNWL Trust, this includes an attractive pension scheme, a range of staff networks, travel discounts, employee assistance programme and discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide.

This role is an excellent opportunity to start a long-term career within the mental health sector, develop your skills and a gateway to the vast number of opportunities within CNWL.

Apply today to become an IPS Employment Specialist and make a real difference!

Please note:

Salary can only be negotiated where there is a minimum of 2 years experience within employment support.

Firstly, you will need either a degree-level education or relevant work experience, such as in the Health and Social Care, Education, Human Resources or Employability. Alongside having strong and persuasive communication skills, excellent time management and exceptional organisational skills. It’s important to have the ability to initiate and develop relationships with a…