IPS Employment Specialist

IPS (Individual Placement and Support) is an evidence-based approach to helping people with mental health conditions find and keep a paid job.

Having a job can bring numerous benefits. We know having a job can help people with mental health conditions to recover.

At present, only around 8% of people receiving support from secondary mental health services are in paid employment, while studies suggest almost 90% of people with serious and enduring mental health conditions want to work.

Following further investment and expansion of the IPS service an exciting opportunity has arisen for a number of permanent IPS Employment Specialists in the following area:

York, Northallerton, Harrogate and Ripon, Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale.

The IPS worker will be working with people who have a mental illness and support them into employment and then enabling them to retain that employment. As an IPS worker you will be looking for paid employment opportunities for clients who are currently involved with secondary care adult mental health services. This will involve developing opportunities with local employers and supporting them as well as the client, to ensure the right person is in the right job.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.