IPS Employment Specialist

The Individual Placement and Support service within BDCFT is expanding. We are looking to recruit an additional Employment Specialists to join our award winning service, and to work within the Craven District, as well as Wharfedale and Keighley.

You will work closely with Wharfedale Airedale and Craven Alliance (WACA) in these communities, as well as the community mental health team and partners.

This role will be community based, working with clients with severe and enduring mental health needs, using the evidenced based model of Individual Placement and Support, supporting individuals into sustained paid employment.

• Passionate about mental health recovery
• Passionate about supporting people into sustainable employment
• Want to work in the Craven area

Then this role could be perfect for you.

You would be joining an expanding team with strong leadership and passionate colleagues, working as a team within Primary Care Networks and Community Mental Health Teams.

You will receive regular comprehensive caseload management from your team leader, group and peer supervision opportunities, a detailed induction, mentoring from experienced colleagues and a real sense of team.

Closing date: 30th August 2026 at midnight

Shortlisting date: 31st August 2026

Interview date: 23rd September 2026

You will be responsible for working with clients (managing a caseload) who have severe and enduring mental health needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences.

Delivering the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach,

Providing person centered advice and guidance to clients whilst building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

Building positive relationships with local employers to enable clients to move into suitable employment.

Working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings across Bradford District Care Trust in collaboration with health and social care professionals within the Community mental health teams, Primary Care Networks as well as outside agencies and employers.

Working directly with employers to secure employment opportunities, and subsequently to provide ongoing support according to both service users and employer’s needs.

Holding specific responsibility and autonomy for delivering of contract Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) within an allocated team.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

• Increase mileage rates for > 4500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.