IPS Peer Employment Specialist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,763 - £43,466 Pro rata per annum incl. HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 October 2025 |
| Location: | Uxbridge, UB8 2YF |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7498749/333-G-HM-0737 |
Summary
IPS Peer Employment Specialist
This is an exciting opportunity for someone withlived experience of mental health recoverywho is passionate about supporting others to achieve their employment goals.
As a Peer Employment Specialist, you will:
• Use your own lived experience to inspire hope and provide strengths-based support.
• Work one-to-one with clients to help them secure and maintain meaningful employment.
• Build strong relationships with local employers, colleges, and training providers.
• Be part of a supportive, values-driven team that places compassion, respect, empowerment, and partnership at its heart.
Location:Hillingdon - Mill House, 38 Riverside Way, Uxbridge, UB8 2YF (with community work)
Contract:Permanent, part-time (22.5 hours per week)
Salary:Band 5, £35,763– £43,466 pro-rata
What is an IPS Employment Specialist?
This is a rewarding and dynamic role where no day is the same and you’ll be making a genuine difference to people’s lives. Using the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model you’ll be:
• Supporting and motivating individuals with mental health conditions to access and sustain paid employment.
• Regularly meeting with clients to listen, offer support and help them identify their best job match, reflecting their skills and aspirations.
• Supporting the clients through CV production, interview techniques and managing their health at work.
• Advocating for your clients by educating and engaging with employers regarding the IPS service.
• Sourcing job opportunities for your clients through regular contact with local employers within the community.
• Promoting employment and raising expectations around the ability of service users to access paid employment, breaking down the barriers for them.
Working for Central North West London NHS Trust
You will also be part of the Trustwide Employment Services Team which comprises of over 40 people.
You will receive a number of staff benefits working for CNWL Trust, this includes an attractive pension scheme, a range of staff networks, travel discounts, employee assistance programme and discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide.
This role is an excellent opportunity to start a long-term career within the mental health sector, develop your skills and a gateway to the vast number of opportunities within CNWL.
Apply today to become an IPS Employment Specialist and make a real difference!
Please note: Salary is negotiable as per our salary variation guidance dependant on experience.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Who are we looking for?
Firstly, you will needeithera degree-level education or relevant work experience, such as in the health and social care or employment sectors and lived experience of mental health. Alongside having strong and persuasive communication skills, excellent time management and exceptional organisational skills. Also, the ability to initiate and develop relationships with a variety of individuals and be able to engage employers using a variety of methods such as via the telephone or face-to-face in the community.
It would also be helpful, butNOTessential, if you have experience of working with people with mental health support needs (or similar groups)ORhave experience working in employment support services (or equivalent), this can include working with people on a one-to-one basis, offering motivation and support, or engaging with a range of stakeholders. We are actively interested in individuals who have experience using a persuasive communication style or promoting a service to a variety of audiences, this can include marketing, recruitment, or sales roles.
This advert closes on Sunday 19 Oct 2025
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