IPS Employment Specialist
| Posting date: | 06 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,970.00 to £36,483.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29970.00 - £36483.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 June 2025 |
| Location: | Stafford, ST16 3AT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | M9301-25-0112 |
Summary
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below: To manage a caseload of people who have experienced drug and alcohol health problems using STaRS and who wish to retain, return to or regain meaningful employment. The ES workload will be led by and focused on the aspirations of the service user as part of a package of care. Conduct an assessment of employment needs and consider their strengths, difficulties and employment assets in order to offer the most effective support, which must include the persons job goals and any concerns regarding their capacity for work and previous work experience, making accurate recommendations. Match job tasks and the individuals ability to do the job and any work solutions that may be required to develop the match. Offer the service user support agreeing a written action plan with the person detailing the steps to be taken to either get back into or retain employment and the appropriate support route. Need to include abilities, work solutions, preparation for work, disclosure. The action plan should also be SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time bound). The ES will develop in-depth knowledge of the local labour market, local support and new initiatives, taking into account the needs of the client to broker effective interventions. Including specialist schemes to help with retaining or finding employment.