IPS Employment Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Specialist to work in Stafford & Cannock. The role involves helping people in drug and/or alcohol recovery find and keep paid employment. You will work with service users, recovery coordinators, and local employers to secure suitable job opportunities and provide ongoing support. The aim is to make a real difference to the vocational outcomes of individuals accessing STaRS services.
Essential criteria
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience. Willing and able to undertake the relevant training associated with the role.
- Equivalent experience gained through work in the field.
- Experience of providing vocational and employment support. This may have been gained in HR, business, management, recruitment or working in sales.
- Skills and Abilities
- Must have access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes. Must have a valid driving licence for the UK. Willingness to travel to other locations throughout the organisation as required
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience. Willing and able to undertake the relevant training associated with the role.
- Equivalent experience gained through work in the field.
- Experience of providing vocational and employment support. This may have been gained in HR, business, management, recruitment or working in sales.
- Skills and Abilities
- Must have access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes. Must have a valid driving licence for the UK. Willingness to travel to other locations throughout the organisation as required
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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IPS Employment Specialist
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Specialist to cover the following area - Stafford & Cannock!
IPS (Individual Placement and Support) is an evidence-based approach to helping people within recovery find and keep a paid job.
The IPS worker will be working with people who have are within the STaRS service and support them into competitive employment and then enabling them to retain that employment.
As an IPS worker you will be looking for paid employment opportunities for clients who are currently involved with drug and/or alcohol recovery. This will involve developing opportunities with local employers and supporting them as well as the client, to ensure the right person is in the right job.****
Main duties of the job
You will support service users within the service as part of their team to gain, return to or retain employment.
The role will involve working directly with Recovery Coordinators, care coordinators, JobCentre Plus, employers, trade unions, world of work and employment agencies to keep people in employment and secure employment opportunitie
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