Ips Team Leader - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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IPS Team Leaders B- Permanent Posts


An exciting opportunity has arisen for 4 permanent Band 6 Team Leaders for the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Services in Liverpool, Wirral, and Warrington and Halton.

The IPS service supports Mersey Care service users with severe and enduring mental health conditions who are under Community Mental Health and/or Early Intervention Teams and are looking for paid employment as part of their recovery journey.

The IPS Teams are situated under the portfolio of The Life Rooms.

Shortlisting date is planned for 31st May 2023

Interview date is planned for 8th June 2023


The Team Leaders will be responsible for:

  • Managing and providing support for a maximum of 5 Employment Specialists, each of whom will be co-located in a clinical team.
  • Overseeing delivery of the service specification, ensuring that key performance indicators (KPIs) are met and reported on (through quarterly performance reports to Commissioners)
  • Assuring that the service is well governed (through quarterly Quality Improvement Group reports)
  • Assuring that the service meets quality standards (through IPS Fidelity Reviews)
  • Assuring that the service is continuously developed and that new opportunities are identified


Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.


We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.


At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Principal Responsibilities


  • To undertake training as required to fulfil the duties of the post and advise on the training needs of employment advisors. To assist in the delivery of staff training both in house and to other organisations and agencies.
  • To line manage and provide professional support and guidance to Employment Advisors. To provide support and advice to Employment Advisors, as required, through regular formal and informal supervision.
  • To undertake initial appointments with prospective Job Seekers
  • To act independently using own judgement, knowledge and initiative to develop an understanding of the needs and potential career aspirations of Job Seekers.
  • To sensitively gather information, to develop a shared vocational profile and an agreed Job Notion or Curriculum Vitae, for each individual Job Seeker. On occasion complex, sensitive and contentious information will need to be provided and/or received. To deal with sometimes emotional and distressing behaviour and difficult situations and circumstances.
  • To research the labour market and identify suitable local employers by making direct contact and promoting the service.
  • To actively pursue employment and/or training opportunities with and on behalf of Job Seekers developing working relationships with local employers and negotiating contracts and reasonable adjustments for Jobseekers.
  • To undertake job analyses and workplace assessments, in order to identify the factors this will contribute to the successful acquisition of specific job skills, and the potential development of positive and meaningful connections for Job Seekers, with colleagues and co-workers.
  • To provide specialised advice concerning employment to Jobseekers with a range of different clinical needs.
  • To provide specialised advice to employers concerning recruitment and retention. To develop workplace introduction strategies which are appropriate to individual Job Seekers, and individual workplaces.
  • Taking into account the needs of both Job Seeker and employer, to develop and deliver highly individualised training and support packages which will result in the successful acquisition of work and job specific skills.
  • To appropriately monitor the progress of individuals through the supported employment process.
  • To appropriately monitor the career development of individuals in employment
  • To work with other members of the CMHT and clinical teams enlisting appropriate specialist support as and when necessary.
  • As appropriate, to communicate and liaise with carers, families, employers and other professionals.
  • To actively promote the integration and inclusion of Job Seekers, into the workforce of local employers.
  • To contribute to the management of relationships with partne
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