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Job Description
Purpose
As an IPS Team Leader, you will lead a team of IPS Employment Specialists who you will support individuals seeking work and the employers who need their talents. The employment specialists will manage a caseload of clients, providing tailored, one-to-one support to help them find, and keep, jobs that align with their individual goals and aspirations.
As an IPS Team Leader, you will provide supervision, mentoring, and training to ensure your team consistently meets IPS fidelity standards and contractual targets. You will lead with accountability, ensuring your team consistently delivers strong outcomes. You will also lead your team through Fidelity audits both internal and external. Working closely with health partners and local stakeholders, you will help embed IPS within clinical services and strengthen community partnerships.
This is a performance-focused role, with clear targets around referrals, job starts, and sustained employment. But more than that, it’s about changing lives.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of IPS Employment Specialists.
- Support individuals seeking work and employers.
- Manage caseloads and provide tailored, one-to-one support.
- Ensure team meets IPS fidelity standards and contractual targets.
- Provide supervision, mentoring, and training.
- Lead team through Fidelity audits.
- Embed IPS within clinical services.
- Strengthen community partnerships.
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Location
You will be based in Walsall. This is a community-based role. You’ll work peripatetically across Walsall supporting clients where they are.
Employee Benefits
- 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday.
- 2 days paid volunteering leave each year.
- An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months.
- Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate.
- Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes.
- Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group).
- Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan.
- Opportunity to request flexible working from day one.
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Our Strategy
To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf
Join a Diverse and Inclusive Organisation
Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.
- Certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard.
- Disability Confident Leaders.
- Support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
- Reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.
If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk
Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
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