IPS Team Leader
hace 21 días
Wallasey
\n \n \n Job Role: IPS Team LeaderLocation: Cheshire & Wirral (CH42)Salary: £38,682 per annumContract: PermanentHours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) Role Overview We are recruiting a confident and outcomes-focused IPS Team Leader to manage a small team of Employment Specialists delivering high-quality Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services across Cheshire & Wirral. As an NHS IPS Team Leader, you will provide leadership, clinical integration guidance, and day-to-day supervision to ensure the service meets strict fidelity standards and delivers strong job placement outcomes. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will role-model IPS best practice and manage a small caseload when required, supporting clients with mental health needs to secure and retain sustainable paid employment aligned with their preferences. This role plays a pivotal part in integrating employment support within secondary Mental Health teams, Primary Care Networks (PCNs), and voluntary/community services, ensuring a holistic, recovery-focused approach. Key ResponsibilitiesTeam Leadership & Performance Management\n \n • Staff Guidance: Manage, mentor, and motivate a team of Employment Specialists through field observations, co-running employer pitches, and structured supervisions.\n, • Target Management: Set and monitor individual and team KPIs, job outcome targets, and retention goals in line with contractual requirements.\n, • Professional Development: Identify training needs, coordinate development opportunities, and support the design and delivery of in-house training and peer learning.\n, • Culture & Inclusion: Create a culture of continuous improvement, shared best practice, and facilitate client involvement in the co-production of service improvements.\n Quality, Compliance & Supervision\n \n, • Caseload Reviews: Provide solution-focused monthly supervisions for the team, including thorough caseload and risk reviews.\n, • Community Focus: Ensure Employment Specialists spend sufficient operational time in the community, meeting employers and clients face-to-face.\n, • Job Development: Guide and coach the team to deliver effective, proactive job development and employer engagement strategies.\n, • Quality Assurance: Oversee quality assurance protocols, audit data records, and manage client satisfaction feedback loops to continually improve the service.\n Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement\n \n, • Clinical Integration: Build and maintain strategic relationships with clinical and medical leaders across Mental Health, PCN, and VCFSE teams.\n, • Pathway Optimization: Support the team to embed seamless referral pathways, positioning employment as a key component of recovery.\n, • Zero Exclusion: Promote the service to clinical teams to ensure zero exclusion and encourage appropriate self-referrals.\n, • Market Navigation: Coordinate external employer engagement activities to access the hidden labour market and support job-seeking groups.\n Client & Caseload Support\n \n, • Caseload Delivery: Directly manage a small caseload of clients with mental health support needs who are motivated to start or return to work when required.\n, • Fidelity Adherence: Deliver, embed, and champion the IPS approach across the team, ensuring absolute adherence to IPS fidelity principles.\n Essential Criteria\n \n, • Experience Profiles:\n, • 3+ years' experience supporting people with mental health needs or similar vulnerable groups.\n, • 2+ years' experience working directly within employment services.\n, • Proven track record of meeting and exceeding targets in an outcomes-driven environment.\n, • Experience supervising, mentoring, or managing staff.\n, • Qualifications:\n, • Level 2 English and Maths (minimum).\n, • Degree-level education or equivalent occupational experience.\n, • Formal IPS training (required).\n, • Overseas equivalent qualifications are welcomed.\n, • Knowledge & Skills:\n, • Strong understanding of disability, special needs, and employment-related legislation.\n, • In-depth knowledge of supported employment principles and the IPS fidelity scale.\n, • Understanding of local labour market trends and a broad range of occupations.\n, • Confident IT literacy, including proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.\n, • Core Abilities: Strong networking, relationship-building, and change-facilitation capabilities. We warmly welcome applicants with lived experience.\n Desirable Criteria\n \n, • Sector Qualification: Level 3 Diploma in Employability Services or QCF Level 3 in Advice & Guidance.\n Benefits & Package\n \n, • Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.\n, • Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive company health plan (provided post-probation) and 5-10 paid sick days per year.\n, • Retirement Protection: Generous corporate pension scheme.\n, • Professional Growth: Extensive CPD (Continuous Professional Development) and internal training opportunities.\n To apply or request further information regarding this position, please contact: · Contact: Tiffany Bennett · Phone: · Email: \n \n \n