Individual Placement and Support - Employment Specialist
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Northampton, NN1 3EB
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
12 days left
Job description
The service has 8 principles that are followed based on the Individual Placement Support model (Centre for Mental Health, 2021): 1. It aims to get peo...
The service is individually tailored to the person's needs and requirements. The overall aim of the service is to get the person into paid employment that is of interest to them and that will aid their mental health recovery. Following evidenced-based Individual Placement and Support (IPS) principles, key duties will include:
Raising the profile of employment as an essential part of the recovery journey within the mental health teams
Raising expectations around the ability of service users under those teams to find employment.
Preparing people who have experienced mental health conditions to find paid work and supporting them to the practicalities of job searching and applications
Engaging with and building effective working relationships with a range of employers to secure job opportunities for people who have experienced mental health conditions.
Providing on-going in work support according to needs of both employer and employee in order to enable people to retain employment.
Helping those currently employed who may require support to retain employment due to their mental health condition.
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 users 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
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level
Desirable
- Qualification in delivering Employment or Vocational Activities
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of helping people to obtain or keep work.
- An understanding of the principles and practices of supported employment.
Desirable
- 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
- 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
- Basic Counselling or Motivational Interviewing Skills
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
5 September 2026
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