IPS Employment Specialist

Do you want a career where you support people with mental health needs into real, paid employment, quickly and ethically?

This is not classroom employability. This is frontline, evidence-based IPS delivery, changing lives through work.

As an IPS Employment Specialist, you will deliver the nationally recognised IPS model supporting people with serious mental health conditions (SMI) into open employment, with a strong focus on rapid job search, employer partnership and sustained outcomes.

The ideal candidate must have a driver's license to be able to travel across South Essex.

You will work alongside:

• Clinical and NHS teams
• Wellbeing services
• Local employers

Your work will be guided every day by our values:

• Be Ambitious – for every person’s working future
• Be Proud – of quality, safety and results
• Be Considerate – of lived mental health experience
• Own It – take responsibility for outcomes
• Be Inspiring – help people believe work is possible

This is fast-moving, relationship-driven supported employment. You will:

• Carry out vocational profiling with people experiencing serious mental ill health
• Deliver rapid job search based on individual preference
• Build trusted relationships with local employers
• Match people into paid work aligned to their goals
• Prepare participants for disclosure, interviews, workplace expectations
• Provide intensive in-work support after job start
• Work closely with clinical teams to manage risk and wellbeing
• Track job starts, sustainment and progression
• Maintain high-quality, fidelity-compliant case records
• Your focus is speed with integrity – the right job, at the right time, in the right way.

This role suits people with backgrounds or strong interest in:

• Mental health services
• Wellbeing or recovery support
• Social care or community services
• Recruitment or resourcing
• Sales with a strong people focus

You will thrive if you:

• Are confident working with mental health complexity
• Are proactive and relationship-driven
• Are comfortable with targets and accountability
• Are organised and evidence-focused
• Can balance pace with care and professionalism
• Take pride in structure, consistency and outcomes

Full IPS training and fidelity guidance will be provided.

You will work with people who may:

• Have fluctuating mental health
• Experience anxiety, depression or severe mental illness
• Move quickly from readiness to job start
• Need high-touch support after entering work

We are looking for people who:

• Work at pace without cutting corners
• Can build trust quickly
• Stay calm under pressure
• Are resilient, reflective and outcome-focused
• This role is demanding – and genuinely life-changing.

Because you’ll be part of a mission-driven organisation that invests in your growth and celebrates your impact.

• Wellbeing support including GP, counselling and Headspace
• Discounts, pension and salary sacrifice options
• Enhanced benefits with service
• A culture built on ambition, pride, ownership and support
• Real opportunities for progression

We are also a proud Disability Confident Employer. Adjustments are available at every stage.

If you’re ready to Be Ambitious, Be Proud, Be Considerate, Own It and Be Inspiring, and you want a role where your work genuinely changes lives, we’d love to hear from you.

If you are ready to support people into work through evidence-based mental health employment and you live our values to Be Ambitious, Be Proud, Be Considerate, Own It and Be Inspiring, we would love to hear from you.

You must have the full right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available. A DBS check will be required for this role.

We reserve the right to close applications early, so we encourage early applications.

Get Set UK is a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals and are committed to supporting physical and mental wellbeing sonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.

This role is subject to satisfactory recruitment checks and a commitment to safeguarding learners and clients.

Get Set UK does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.