IPS Employment Specialist

Join Via's award-winning IPS Into Work team and transform lives by helping individuals with mental health or substance misuse backgrounds achieve their employment goals and build brighter futures.

Deadline: 30th March 2025

• Location: London
• Type: Full-time

Job Overview

The Service
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based employment support model that helps individuals with a background in mental health and/or substance misuse work towards their employment goals through personalised support that aligns with their wellbeing.

Role

Are you looking to make a difference? You don't have to be a doctor to transform lives. At Via, we care about helping people overcome substance misuse, and we feel that employment goes hand in hand with recovery. Our award-winning IPS Into Work teams support people to find meaningful employment that aligns with their ambitions so that they have a platform to build a brighter future.

The Role
Do you want to do something meaningful and help others? If the answer is yes, this could be the perfect job for you!

We are seeking a dynamic, caring, and committed individual to join our IPS Into Work team and provide a holistic employment support service.

Responsibilities

The role is extremely rewarding, and you can make a lasting positive impact! A normal week would involve:

• Working closely with people to provide a personalised employment service supporting them to achieve their dreams.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including recovery practitioners, nurses, support workers, and community organisations to promote and encourage referrals.
• Engaging employers to develop partnerships.

If this role intrigues you, please apply! We require a passion to help others and a desire to contribute back to the community. Successful candidates will be given training to support adaptation to the new role.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Bareesan Potharatnam, IPS Team Leader via .

The deadline for applications is at midnight on Sunday 30 March; however, we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.