IPS Employment AssistantinMiddlesbroughinMiddlesbroughPUBLISHED TUE 11 MAR 2025
As an IPS Employment Assistant, you'll work hand-in-hand with our dedicated Employment Specialists to provide essential support to clients navigating their employment journey. You'll help them with job searches, CV development, and interview preparation, all while fostering relationships with local employers to ensure the right match for each individual. Your strong communication skills and innovative spirit will be vital in engaging with diverse stakeholders, including clients and their families, to promote social inclusion and employment success.
In this rewarding position, you'll receive regular supervision and training, ensuring you're equipped to make a real difference. If you are motivated, dynamic, and excited about empowering others, we invite you to take this essential step towards a fulfilling career in the care sector. Join us in transforming lives—apply today!
IPS stands for "Individual Placement and Support". It is an evidence-based approach to helping people with mental health conditions find and keep a paid job.
Having a job can bring numerous benefits to people;routine, structure, identity, social opportunities, a purpose, as well as a wage or salary. We know having a job can help people with mental health conditions to recover.
At present, only around 8% of people receiving support from secondary mental health services are in paid employment, while studies suggest almost 90% of people with serious and enduring mental health conditions want to work. The IPS Employment Team aims to provide the right support to help this happen.
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a number of permanent Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Assistants covering the following areas
Durham
Teesside
The IPS Employment Assistant will be supporting the IPS Employment Specialist in working with people who have a mental illness and support them into competitive employment and then enabling them to retain that employment.
The IPS Employment Assistant will be supporting the IPS Employment Specialist in day to day IPS delivery in supporting clients with Job search, CV Development, Employment Applications, Interview support and supporting with designated electronic employment support programmes under the guidance and support of the IPS Employment Specialist.
This will involve developing opportunities with local employers and partners and supporting them as well as the client, to ensure the right person is in the right job.
About us
The successful applicants will provide support to the IPS Employment Specialist in monitoring support systems for clients throughout their IPS journey.
This will include supporting the IPS Employment Specialist in providing in work support to clients.
The successful candidate will be dynamic and motivated, with excellent communication skills to enable you to support the IPS Employment Specialist in working/engaging effectively with a wide range of partner agencies and employers, clients and sometimes their families. Innovation and determination are key to the success of this role.
The successful candidate needs to demonstrate a commitment to employment and social inclusion.
IPS supervision and clinical support from community mental health team members will be offered on a regular basis with ongoing training and development opportunities relevant to the post.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
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