Employment Specialist

Job Description

Position : Employment Specialist (Connect to Work)

Location : West London and North London

Salary : £32,500 - £38,900

Type : Permanent

A number of roles available across Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hillingdon

Working with clients, health professionals, service providers and employers, IPS Employment Specialists on the Connect to Work contract are focused on making sure a person’s journey into employment, with associated improved social inclusion and wellbeing is as easy as possible. You will work with clients (managing a caseload) who have mental health support needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences. Your role will be to deliver the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach (for which training will be given); providing person centred advice and guidance to clients, whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

The Role

You will work with people on their individual employment journey from vocational profiling to the point where they no longer require face to face in work support. The six key stages on a typical journey are : outreach / referral; vocational profiling; action planning; job search activities (including working...