Change Grow Live
Employment Specialist (Individual Placement and Support)
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IPS Employment Specialist – Nottinghamshire
Location: Nottinghamshire (travel across Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe) Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) Contract: Permanent
About Change Grow Live
Change Grow Live (CGL) has been a pioneering provider of recovery-focused drug and alcohol services across England and Wales for over 20 years. Our approach combines innovation and creativity to deliver safe, high-quality healthcare and social care. We work tirelessly to empower individuals towards sustainable change.
As part of our dedicated Change Grow Live team, you’ll play a vital role in transforming lives through support, employment, and community inclusion.
About the Role
As an Individual Placement Support (IPS) Employment Specialist, you will join our Nottinghamshire team, assisting individuals in recovery to secure and retain preference-led paid employment. Shouldering a critical role in Government strategy, we implement an evidence-based model for job support in treatment services, ensuring tangible benefits for our service users.
Your primary focus will be:
- Collaborating with individuals facing substance misuse challenges to identify and pursue achievable employment opportunities.
- Working across a diverse coronavirus-job-specific care depending care covered which includes:
- Supporting people within a caseload of 25+ engaged in structured drug and alcohol dependency treatment.
- Delivering IPS specialist model of IPS services, fostering employer relationships and facilitating enrolment of clients onto paid employment.
- Ensuring support through employment retention stage linked where appropriate.
- Close partnership with treatment teams to identify future referrals and create seamless referral pathways for you to succeed with job placement and endeavours.
Key Responsibilities
- Caseload Management: Provide structured, person-centred support including care planning to 25 clients.
- Employment Preparation: Guide individuals through CV writing, interview skills and disability disclosure.
- Employer Engagement: Develop positive working relationships with local businesses to understand workforce needs.
- Data & Reporting: Ensure accuracy of client progress information, produce reports, and maintain compliance.
- Partnership Work: Collaborate with treatment staff to identify suitable referrals and integrate recovery support with employment.
- Sustainability Planning: Support clients with job retention, addressing challenges, and connecting them with existing NHS recovery case pack review complex health care teams.
- Job Clubs: Lead weekly job clubs to boost participant confidence, skills, and employment readiness.
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Person Specification
Experience & Education
- Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in relevant vocational field.
Key Competencies
- Proven ability working with substance misuse service users.
- Understandings of IPS framework principles.
- Ability to flex roles located highly geographically.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Flexibility and adaptability in multi-disciplinary work settings.
Desirable
- Specialist experience including IPS, Recovery Plus, PEIA.
- Area knowledge resume of similar roles geographically.
What You’ll Be Working With
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, including clinical teams, employment advisors, and your external referrals.
- Engaging with budget-friendly individuals, treating drug and alcohol misuse recovery programmes and employment consultancy.
- Offering weekly job clubs aimed at clients looking for long-term, paid roles.
About You
What motivates you to succeed in an in work-and social care environment? And what do you bring to our team? This is your opportunity to share innovative ways in which working together will impact you and child presentations in your role.
Location & Travel Requirements
This role is based in Nottinghamshire, requiring a wide area of travel for you to function effectively. Additional sites will include Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe areas to ensure clients are accessible.
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Hours & Salary
- Full-time: 37.5 hours per week ( weekly salary range for CGL points 25-28: £30,268.05 - £32,802.41).
Pro-rata salary adjustments apply to part-time positions.
The Package: Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays, becoming 30 days after 5 years.
- Weekly Paid Wellbeing Hour for mental health and physical wellness.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Wellness Hub.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Exciting Company Benefits such as discounts on shopping, cinema, travel, holidays, and more.
- Referral Vouchers – If you refer a friend, you could get generous vouchers.
- Training and career development opportunities.
- A supportive team dedicated to making a difference.
Key Benefits included – Combined Example
- Membership to a charity retail partnered scheme, for free on employee time.
- Access to exclusive TV, cinemas, and shopping deals.
Recruitment Process & Notes
Important:
- Direct applications only. Agencies are not accepted for this role.
- This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. A pre-application relevant requirement needs confirmation of right to work in the UK.
- For further clarification, please contact: Mia Tillyer (mia.tillyer@cgl.org.uk) or call 07436021640.
An Enhanced DBS check is required for this position.
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