Connect to Work IPS Team Manager – Lincolnshire
Salary: £38,682
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Location: Lincolnshire
LT Selection is proud to be recruiting on behalf of Standguide, a purpose-led employability organisation expanding its Connect to Work service across Lincolnshire.
The opportunity
This is a hands-on people-leadership role for a manager who understands that strong performance is built through clear expectations, supportive coaching and a genuine commitment to participant outcomes.
You will lead a team of IPS Employment Specialists, creating the conditions for them to deliver high-quality, person-centred support while meeting caseload, employment and contractual targets.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead, coach and support a team of IPS Employment Specialists across Lincolnshire.
- Set clear expectations and drive participant outcomes, caseload performance and sustained-employment results.
- Use management information and KPIs to recognise success, address risks and implement improvement actions.
- Maintain high standards of IPS fidelity, quality assurance, compliance and record keeping.
- Manage supervision, appraisals, workload allocation, wellbeing and professional development.
- Build effective operational relationships with health, local-authority, employer and community partners.
- Ensure safeguarding, equality, health and safety and contractual requirements are consistently met.
What we’re looking for
- Experience leading a target-driven team within employability, health, supported employment or public services.
- A supportive, accountable and person-focused leadership style.
- Strong performance-management, coaching and data-analysis skills.
- The ability to improve delivery while maintaining quality, compliance and team engagement.
- Knowledge of IPS or supported-employment delivery is highly desirable.
- The flexibility to travel across Lincolnshire.
What’s on offer
- 33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays, rising to 38 days after five years.
- Your birthday off.
- Workplace pension and health cash plan following probation.
- Online GP, employee assistance programme and death-in-service cover.
- Company sick pay, cycle scheme and continuing professional development.
- Employee-owner benefits.
Additional information
Appointment is subject to satisfactory references, right-to-work checks and an Enhanced DBS check.
If you are an encouraging, performance-led manager who wants to help a growing team change lives through employment, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Connect to Work IPS Team Manager – Lincolnshire employer: LT Selection
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