IPS Team Leader

Role Overview

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.

Providing vision and direction you will work with the IPS Service Manager and the Senior IPS Operations Lead in the development of our Individual Placement and Support Service. Making sure our clients receive the best service to meet their particular needs, you will be comfortable in managing contracts against our agreed service objectives and outcomes. Uppermost in your mind, will be building strong collaborative working arrangements with an extensive partnership network across our communities.

Working with the IPS Service Manager, you will be responsible for monitoring and analysing delivery performance, building service capability, capacity and quality. You also will provide skilful relationship management ensuring positive and productive relationships are maintained.

An ability to champion and embrace change is essential. An understanding of how the development of community-based services and the integration of health and social care impacts the lives of people with mental health challenges would be advantageous.

This is a community‑based role with some home working. You will spend your time in your clinical hubs and providing support to your team including collaboration with clinical hubs, observations, field mentoring, employer engagement and referral generation.

• Relevant experience of working with people with mental health support needs, or a similar group within health, social services or the voluntary sector (E)
• Relevant experience working in employment services (E)
• Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets, and performance management methodologies (E)
• Strong networking abilities (E)
• Experience of managing multiple tasks at any one time (E)
• Experience of staff supervision, management and/or mentoring (E)
• Experience of managing change effectively and facilitating innovation (E)
• Experience of delivering training (E)

"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.

• 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

• 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.