IPS Retention Specialist; North & East Herts

Main area Admin Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
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Site East and North Herts Town East and North Herts Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2026 23:59

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Community Team. As an IPS Job Retention Specialist (ES), you will provide a specialist service, autonomously managing a caseload of service users to enable them to retain their employment using the Individual Placement Support (IPS) model, working with colleagues within HPFT community mental health teams and Primary Care.

You will provide advice and ongoing support on issues including employment rights, reasonable adjustments, and phased return to work plans.

You will support with employment termination applications and provide workplace support to the service user and employer to promote inclusion and reduce discrimination and stigma.

You will deliver the IPS (Individual Placement and Support) approach for those who have been supported out of a job and wish to obtain new employment, for which training will be given should a service user be supported into a new role.

Whilst we welcome all applications from all suitable candidates, unfortunately, we will not be offering sponsorship for this role.

Each Community Services Hub provides a specialist care pathway to Service Users with Non pyschotic disorders and Personality disorder. They also provide specialist care pathways to those with psychotic disorders. Employment Support forms part of the pathways.

You will provide a specialist service, autonomously managing a caseload of service users to enable them to retain their employment using the Individual Placement Support (IPS) model, working with colleagues within HPFT community mental health teams and Primary Care.

You will provide advice and ongoing support on issues including employment rights, reasonable adjustments, and phased return to work plans.

You will support with employment termination applications and
provide workplace support to the service user and employer to promote inclusion and reduce discrimination and stigma.
You will work directly with all relevant stakeholders: the service user, Community Services staff, consultant psychiatrists, partner agencies and employers to support the service users on your caseload to retain their employment.

You will be a fully integrated community team staff member, attending team meetings etc. Supervision will be provided by the IPS Employment Quadrant Lead. You will also be part of the Virtual IPS team receiving support from peers in other Community teams.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

• To carry a case load of Service Users with severe mental illness who are currently off work and receiving specialist mental…