IPS Job Retention Specialist (NW)
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
St Albans, AL3 5TL
Salary
£33,677 to £40,996
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
6 days left
Job description
You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Community Team. As an IPS Job Retention Specialist (ES), you will provide a specialist service, au...
Each Community Services Hub provides a specialist care pathway to Service Users with Non pyschotic disorders and Personality disorder. They also provide specialist care pathways to those with psychotic disorders. Employment Support forms part of the pathways.
You will provide a specialist service, autonomously managing a caseload of service users to enable them to retain their employment using the Individual Placement Support (IPS) model, working with colleagues within HPFT community mental health teams and Primary Care.
You will provide advice and ongoing support on issues including employment rights, reasonable adjustments, and phased return to work plans.
You will support with employment termination applications andprovide workplace support to the service user and employer to promote inclusion and reduce discrimination and stigma.
You will work directly with all relevant stakeholders: the service user, Community Services staff, consultant psychiatrists, partner agencies and employers to support the service users on your caseload to retain their employment.
You will be a fully integrated community team staff member, attending team meetings etc. Supervision will be provided by the IPS Employment Quadrant Lead. You will also be part of the Virtual IPS team receiving support from peers in other Community teams.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent
- Job Retention training or equivalent experience
Desirable
- IPS trained
- Additional relevant training in areas of employment, mental health, coaching
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience of working with adults with MH difficulties in a health or social care setting
- Significant experience working in a role delivering employment support.
Desirable
- Supervision of junior staff
- Experience of partnership working, negotiation and liaison with other agencies
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of disability and special needs issues, policies and legislation in relation to employment
- Understanding of the principles and practice of IPS
- Knowledge of employment law
- Team orientated and work collaboratively within a mixed-disciplinary team
- Experience of partnership working, negotiation and liaison work with other agencies
- Experience of opening up job opportunities with a range of employers
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work with key IT tools such as MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Ability to build rapport with a range of people
- Ability to provide and receive sensitive information regarding services users care and social situation
- Ability to negotiate and persuade appropriately prospective employers of benefits of offering work opportunities to Service Users.
- Active listening skills, ability to ask perceptive questions that tease out important information .
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
21 August 2026
Last checked
25 August 2026
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