IPS Team Leader in Chesterfield

Employer Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Chesterfield Town Chesterfield Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 08/07/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 6

Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

Job overview

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Team Leader

The opportunity to change minds. The power to change lives.

Derbyshire Healthcare has an exciting opportunity for a permanent IPS Team Leader to be integrated into the community mental health teams. As Team Leader you will provide a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of IPS, as part of the holistic recovery plan for mental health service users.

As a Team Leader you will supervise the team, providing training, caseload management, support with employer engagement, observe appointments and report to the Service Manager.

We welcome applications from candidates with multiple years’ experience of working with people with mental health support needs and within the employment support services. You will be a confident leader who will provide a vital role in managing a high-quality service that delivers positive outcomes for service users.

Main duties of the job

What is the role of an IPS Team Leader?

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and rewarding role, where you can develop your leadership skills. As a Team Leader your role will be:

• Effectively manage a high-quality service that adheres to the principles of IPS
• Manage performance of the IPS Employment Specialists to guide them individually on best practice and achieving individual and team job outcome targets
• Support the design and delivery of in-house staff training and development
• Coordinate the work of Employment Specialists in relation to building relationships with employers to effectively access the hidden labour market
• Lead the team to ensure Employment Specialists spend enough time in face-to-face meetings with employers to find the right job match.
• Guide, mentor and coach the team to deliver on employment engagements/job development strategies

Please see job description and person spec for full details

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Healthcare is an organisation committed to a vision of making a positive difference in people’s lives. By becoming an IPS Team Leader at our Work Your Way employment service you will be making a genuine impact to the lives of people using our service, with clients using our service twice as likely to remain in the workplace.

Furthermore, you will receive an excellent structured learning and development opportunity, and all the support you need to take on the role and advance your skills. You will also get a number of staff benefits working for Derbyshire Healthcare, this includes:

• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service pro rata for part time
• Generous NHS pension scheme, with good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

This role is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within the mental health sector, gain strong leadership and management skills, and you can access the vast number of opportunities within Derbyshire Healthcare.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an individual who is personable, engaging, and approachable, with the ability to network and build strong relationships and show initiative and innovation. You will have excellent communication and listening skills and have the ability to motivate and empower your team.

It is essential that you are educated to degree level or have equivalent experience, which can include working in employment services with people with mental health support needs. Also, that you have supervisory or mentoring experience, it is desirable to have direct management experience.

Person specification

Qualification /experience

• Degree or relevant experience
• Employability experience
• Motivational interviewing training
• Working knowledge of IPS
• Able to plan and prioritise

Skills

• Enthusiasm & understanding towards supporting people with mental health problems find employment
• Understanding of the benefits of work to Recovery for mental health
• IT literate
• Able to work autonomously
• Experience of delivering training
• Able to use Excel for reporting purposes
• Experience of working with client groups with complex needs
• Willing to work as part of a team
• Team integration
• Able to drive for long periods of time
• Team player
• Innovative and creative
• Able to set boundaries
• Flexible and approachable

Experience

• Experience of leading a team
• Experience of collecting outcome data
• Show understanding of the benefits system
• Flexible and willing to undertake any task required
• Able to analyse data
• Able to have difficult conversations

Additional Information

Flexible Working

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

Disability Confident Employer

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in the recruitment process please let us know.

DBS Checks

The cost of undertaking a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) disclosure will be met by the individual. The Trust will meet the initial costs of the disclosure which will be deducted from your first month's salary.