Job overview

 Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Team Leader

The opportunity to change minds. The power to change lives.

Derbyshire Healthcare has an exciting opportunity for a permanent IPS Team Leader to be integrated into the community mental health teams. As Team Leader you will provide a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of IPS, as part of the holistic recovery plan for mental health service users.

As a Team Leader you will supervise the team, providing training, caseload management, support with employer engagement, observe appointments and report to the Service Manager.

We welcome applications from candidates with multiple  years’ experience of working with people with mental health support needs and within the employment support services. You will be a confident  leader who will provide a vital role in managing a high-quality service that delivers positive outcomes for service users.

Main duties of the job

What is the role of an IPS Team Leader?

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and rewarding role, where you can develop your leadership skills. As a Team Leader your role will be:

·         Effectively manage a high-quality service that adheres to the principles of IPS

·         Manage performance of the IPS Employment Specialists to guide them individually on best practice and achieving individual and team job outcome targets

·         Support the design and delivery of in-house staff training and development

·         Coordinate the work of Employment Specialists  in relation to building relationships with employers to effectively access the hidden labour market

·         Lead the team to ensure Employment Specialists spend enough time in face-to-face meetings with employers to find the right job match.

·         Guide, mentor and coach the team to deliver on employment engagements/job development strategies

Please see job description and person spec for full details

Working for our organisation

Why join us?

Derbyshire Healthcare is an organisation committed to a vision of making a positive difference in people’s lives. By becoming an IPS Team Leader at our Work Your Way employment service you will be making a genuine impact to the lives of people using our services, with clients using our service  twice as likely to remain in the workplace. 

Furthermore, you will receive an excellent structured learning and development opportunity, and all the support you need to take on the role and advance your skills. You will also get a number of staff benefits working for Derbyshire Healthcare, this includes: 

·         27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service pro rata for part time

·         Generous NHS pension scheme, with good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits

·         Health service discounts and online benefits

·         Incremental pay progression

·         Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7

·         Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network

·         Health and wellbeing opportunities

This role is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within the mental health sector, gain strong leadership and management skills, and you can access the vast number of opportunities within Derbyshire Healthcare.