Get Set UK
IPS Employment Specialist
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Do you want a career where you support people with mental health needs into real, paid employment, quickly and ethically?
This is not classroom employability. This is frontline, evidence-based IPS delivery, changing lives through work.
About the Role
As an IPS Employment Specialist, you will deliver the nationally recognised IPS model supporting people with serious mental health conditions (SMI) into open employment, with a strong focus on rapid job search, employer partnership, and sustained outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out vocational profiling with people experiencing serious mental ill health
- Deliver rapid job search based on individual preference
- Build trusted relationships with local employers
- Match people into paid work aligned to their goals
- Prepare participants for Disclosure, Interviews, Workplace expectations
- Provide intensive in-work support after job start
- Work closely with clinical teams to manage risk and wellbeing
- Track job starts, sustainment, and progression
- Maintain high-quality, fidelity-compliant case records
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Who This Role Is For
This role suits people with backgrounds or strong interest in:
- Mental health services
- Wellbeing or recovery support
- Social care or community services
- Recruitment or resourcing
- Sales with a strong people focus
What You Will Thrive If You:
- Are confident working with mental health complexity
- Are proactive and relationship-driven
- Are comfortable with targets and accountability
- Are organised and evidence-focused
- Can balance pace with care and professionalism
- Take pride in structure, consistency, and outcomes
Full IPS Training and Fidelity Guidance
Will be provided.
About Us
This is a Specialist, High-Impact Role.
You will work with people who may:
- Have fluctuating mental health
- Experience anxiety, depression, or severe mental illness
- Move quickly from readiness to job start
- Need high-touch support after entering work
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We are looking for people who:
- Work at pace without cutting corners
- Can build trust quickly
- Stay calm under pressure
- Are resilient, reflective, and outcome-focused
This role is demanding - and genuinely life-changing.
Why Join Get Set UK?
Because you’ll be part of a mission-driven organisation that invests in your growth and celebrates your impact.
You’ll get:
- Wellbeing support including GP, counselling, and Headspace
- Discounts, pension, and salary sacrifice options
- Enhanced benefits with service
- A culture built on ambition, pride, ownership, and support
- Real opportunities for progression
We are also a proud Disability Confident Employer. Adjustments are available at every stage.
If you’re ready to Be Ambitious, Be Proud, Be Considerate, Own It, and Be Inspiring, and you want a role where your work genuinely changes lives, we’d love to hear from you.
Eligibility
You must have the full right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available. A DBS check will be required for this role.
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