Job Description

Job title: IPS Employment Advisor

Job reference number: 101212

Interview date: TBC

Closing Date: 1st May 2025

We have an exciting new opportunity for an IPS Employment Advisor to join Landau. This role offers more than a wage - it's about the deep reward of guiding young people who've faced challenging starts in life toward brighter futures. As an IPS Employment Advisor, you will support individuals facing significant barriers, helping them achieve their employment dreams and long-term career success. You'll go beyond traditional job placement, offering personalized guidance, forging strong partnerships with employers, and ensuring compliance with top-tier standards. Your efforts will help our clients overcome challenges, thrive in their chosen fields, and achieve their aspirational goals. If you're driven to support your community and want to be part of a team that values and nurtures its members, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Join us and make a real difference while working in a place that truly cares about your growth and well-being!

At Landau, we're passionate about changing lives and creating futures. As a leading supported employment and training charity, we're changing over 800 lives each year across the West Midlands, including Telford and Wrekin, by providing pathways to employment, access to education, and support for personal growth and independence. Joining our team means joining a community that values making a real difference--empowering individuals to overcome challenges and realise their potential. We are a diverse, forward-thinking organisation, dedicated to delivering high-quality, sustainable services that truly change lives and open doors to new beginnings

We are committed to supporting our workforce as much as our mission. At Landau, you'll receive the Real Living Wage, access to a private healthcare scheme, roadside assistance, and support through our Disability Confident Employer status. We're proud to be a Gold Award holder for our support of veterans, creating an inclusive environment where all backgrounds and abilities are valued. If you're driven to be part of a diverse, forward-thinking organisation that's dedicated to delivering high-quality, sustainable services that truly change lives, we'd love to have you join us.

Key responsibilities will include:

Manage a caseload of up to 20/25 clients, of whom are unemployed looking for work, those in work off sick, and those in work who are requiring retention support.

To work towards targets in access & employment and demonstrating excellent caseload management

To undertake IPS training and develop an excellent understanding of Fidelity

Become fully integrated into the clinical teams to build collaborative relationships and receive direct referrals

Conduct initial meetings with participants to build rapport, gain consent and collect baseline information.

Support participants to understand their skills aspiration and goals through the completion of vocational profile and produce a personal employment plan to obtain competitive employment in line with their preferences

Identify barriers to employment and assist participants with job readiness skills, job search strategies, CV building etc.

Attend all relevant internal and external and internal stakeholder meetings, prioritizing MDTs/ Community Care Meetings.

Keep abreast of local labour market trends, job openings, skills requirements and general information that will assist participants in seeking employment

Proactively source potential job opportunities with employers through tailored and targeted approach

Ensure all participant information is requested, recorded, stored electronically and in hard copy in accordance with fidelity and compliance requirements so that participant's journey to employment is fully documented and claims can be made in a timely fashion.

Ensure you are using the NHS MIS, Carenotes/ RIO to document client's journey ensuring you adhere to GDPR standards

Receive and manage referrals ensuring all referrals are contacted within agreed timescales

To assist in the preparation of project reviews, reports, project audits, case studies and data as required by the 2gether trust, IPS Grow & Landau and other stakeholders

Ensure that you take positive actions to safeguard young people and vulnerable adults you come into contact and follow correct procedures around safeguarding

To be committed to continuing professional development (CPD) to maintain and develop professional standards

To fully comply with Health and Safety, Equal opportunities/Diversity, Quality assurance, sustainable development, safeguarding and GDPR protocols

To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.

Person specification

SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES

Technical competency (qualifications and training certificates/licenses)

Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) Level 3 minimum or willing to work towards this, (E) Holds Mental Health First Aid Qualification (D) Trained in the IPS approach (D)

Experience

Relevant previous experience in the recruitment/ welfare to work/ supported employment field (D) Experience working with disabled/disadvantaged young people/adults/children in employment focused programmes (E) Experience and knowledge of barriers faced by people mental health issues (D)

Skills and Attributes

Experience working with individuals facing employment challenges Excellent communication, interpersonal, and advocacy skills Ability to build rapport and trust with clients from diverse backgrounds Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and data management software A passion for social justice and a commitment to Landau's mission

Other

This is a hybrid role with a blend of in-office and remote work opportunities. A willingness to travel within the community is required. A commitment to continuous professional development is expected. As a charity, we value all individuals and expect staff to uphold our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion Ensure that you take positive actions to safeguard young people and vulnerable adults you come into contact with and follow correct procedures around safeguarding.
Salary: 29,969 per annum

Hours: 36.5 hours per week

Location: Hereford

We are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace. As part of our pledge with the Crisis Homelessness Alliance, we offer an automatic interview to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this position and are currently experiencing or at risk of homelessness. If this applies to you, please let us know when you apply.

As a Disability Confident employer we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. If this applies to you, please let us know when you apply.

As a member of the Armed Forces Covenant we recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our organisation and country. A guaranteed interview will therefore be offered to Veterans and their Spouses/Partners, serving Regular members of the Armed Forces approaching the end of their service and the Spouses/Partners of currently serving Regular members of the Armed Forces. This is conditional on the minimum criteria of the job being met and no longer than 5 years has lapsed since leaving the Armed Forces (subject to supporting information being provided on request). If this applies to you, please let us know when you apply.

Landau is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment.

If you are offered this position, Landau will ask you to complete an enhanced DBS check with a children's barred list check and provide at least 2 references.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 29,969.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Health & wellbeing programme Private medical insurance Referral programme
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 01/05/2025
Reference ID: 101212