IPS Employment Specialist - Barnet

at  Shaw Trust

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”
At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.
For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.
Purpose
Working on the WLA contract, embedded within Primary Care, Community Health Teams, and the wider community you will be delivering employment support to participants in parallel to the health treatment being delivered by NHS clinicians. Working intensively with a maximum active caseload of 25 to 30 participants who have a health condition which impacts on their ability to gain work or stay in work. Assisting them to obtain and sustain employment that is consistent with their vocational goals, following the eight principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS). Meeting and exceeding performance targets for referrals, programme starts, employer engagement, job starts and sustainment, in compliance with contractual guidelines and quality procedures.
It is important for applicants to understand that IPS Employment Specialists are expected to be out working within the community for a minimum of 65% of their working week.

YOU WILL HAVE:

Demonstrable evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets
Proven experience of supporting people to obtain or keep work
Ability to plan and organise workload to meet required targets and deadlines
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