2. Are you able to consistently hold hope for others?
3. Are you action-orientated and excited by the idea of cultivating job opportunities with local employers?
If you answered yes to those three questions, we would like to hear from you!
The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Service is a specialist employment support service that works across the length and breadth of CNTW NHS Foundation Trust.
We provide evidence-based, NICE-recommended employment support to people who experience serious mental health problems, helping make career ambitions a reality.
We are delighted to be recruiting to our Gateshead and South Tyneside teams, with two, full-time, permanent positions available. These posts will be based in:
Dryden Road Clinic, Gateshead.
Palmers Community Hospital, South Tyneside.
The IPS Employment Support Service focuses on three specific groups of people:
1. People accessing Secondary Care mental health services who would like advice or support regarding employment.
2. Local businesses who employ people.
3. Healthcare professionals working within CNTW.
As a member of the IPS Service you will work extremely closely with the above three groups, actively engaging and building strong, professional relationships with all three. Actively listening and learning from people, adapting your practice and individualising your support to maximise the chances that:
1. People using our service achieve their employment ambitions and benefit from the improved physical and mental health associated with good employment.
2. Local employers are supported to meet and retain talented, highly skilled people who may otherwise have difficulty attaining or retaining employment due to their health conditions.
3. Healthcare professionals across CNTW are supported to understand the IPS offer, know how to access or refer to us and work closely with us to support people achieve their employment and recovery goals.
CNTW aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
The CNTW IPS Service have supported hundreds of people secure paid and retain employment that has helped them thrive! We're fantastic to work for and can guarantee an exciting and varied role that rewards creativity and an action-orientated attitude.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for further information about the main responsibilities of the role.
If you would like to find out more about these exciting opportunities and our team, please contact [email protected].
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 10 th June 2025
Closing date : 24 th June 2025
We welcome your application.
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