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IPS Team Leader
| Posting date: | 16 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 June 2025 |
| Location: | St Helens, WA9 3DA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9350-25-0678 |
Summary
Principal Responsibilities:1. To undertake training as required to fulfil the duties of the post and advise on the trainingneeds of employment advisors. To assist in the delivery of staff training both in house andto other organisations and agencies2. To line manage and provide professional support and guidance to Employment Advisors. Toprovide support and advice to Employment Advisors, as required, through regular formaland informal supervision.3. To undertake initial appointments with prospective Job Seekers4. To act independently using own judgement, knowledge and initiative to develop anunderstanding of the needs and potential career aspirations of Job Seekers.5. To sensitively gather information, to develop a shared vocational profile and an agreed JobNotion or Curriculum Vitae, for each individual Job Seeker. On occasion complex, sensitiveand contentious information will need to be provided and/or received. To deal withsometimes emotional and distressing behaviour and difficult situations and circumstances.6. To research the labour market and identify suitable local employers by making direct contactand promoting the service.7. To actively pursue employment and/or training opportunities with and on behalf of JobSeekers developing working relationships with local employers and negotiating contractsand reasonable adjustments for Jobseekers.8. To undertake job analyses and workplace assessments, in order to identify the factors thiswill contribute to the successful acquisition of specific job skills, and the potentialdevelopment of positive and meaningful connections for Job Seekers, with colleagues andco-workers.Head of EmploymentBand 8aIPS Team LeaderBand 6Operational DeliveryManagerBand 79. To provide specialised advice concerning employment to Jobseekers with a range ofdifferent clinical needs.10. To provide specialised advice to employers concerning recruitment and retention. Todevelop workplace introduction strategies which are appropriate to individual Job Seekers,and individual workplaces.11. Taking into account the needs of both Job Seeker and employer, to develop and deliverhighly individualised training and support packages which will result in the successfulacquisition of work and job specific skills.12. To appropriately monitor the progress of individuals through the supported employmentprocess.13. To appropriately monitor the career development of individuals in employment14. To work with other members of the CMHT and clinical teams enlisting appropriate specialistsupport as and when necessary.15. As appropriate, to communicate and liaise with carers, families, employers and otherprofessionals.16. To actively promote the integration and inclusion of Job Seekers, into the workforce of localemployers.17. To contribute to the management of relationships with partner agencies and the continuingdevelopment of further appropriate partnerships with statutory and voluntary sectoragencies.18. To assist the Vocational Services Manager in seeking out and securing funding which isconsistent with, and is likely to further, the aims of Mersey Care NHS Trust.19. To prepare and submit to deadlines minimum data set reports and relevant beneficiaryreturns as required, to the Vocational Services Manager.20. To attend the Vocational Services Steering group and take an active part in relevant work streams