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About the Role

Help shape the future of the IPS workforce across England by leading the development and delivery of training, onboarding, accredited learning, and professional development programmes for IPS Employment Specialists nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and continuous improvement of the IPS Level 3 qualification.
• Develop and deliver additional accredited and non-accredited learning opportunities.
• Deliver comprehensive training programmes for new IPS Employment Specialists.
• Support the development and delivery of face-to-face and e-learning programmes.
• Provide mentoring and ongoing support to new IPS Employment Specialists during their first year.
• Identify training needs and develop workshops, resources, and learning interventions.
• Monitor learner engagement, progression, and outcomes.
• Support onboarding activities to ensure new hires are well-prepared.
• Evaluate and improve training effectiveness in collaboration with the Learning & Development Manager.
• Apply specialist IPS knowledge to ensure learning content reflects current best practice and research.
• Build strong relationships with IPS services, ICB Leads, Regional NHS Leads, and other national stakeholders.
• Ensure training and onboarding activity meets IPS Grow's quality assurance standards.
• Collect and analyse workforce and EDI data, contributing to reporting and evaluation.
• Support IPS services with workforce development and race equity action planning.
• Collaborate with Workforce Leads, Regional Leads, and the wider IPS Grow team to deliver a joined-up workforce strategy.
• Share best practice and contribute to national workforce development initiatives.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) principles and practice.
• Extensive experience developing and delivering training programmes, ideally within IPS or a related employment and health setting.
• Experience designing and delivering face-to-face, virtual, and e-learning programmes.
• Understanding of adult learning principles and how to develop engaging learning experiences.
• Experience supporting onboarding, mentoring, and the professional development of new employees.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships and influence a wide range of audiences.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to develop practical solutions.
• Experience monitoring and evaluating training effectiveness and learner outcomes.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic and evolving environment.
• A commitment to inclusive and equitable workforce development.
• Willingness to undertake significant travel across England to deliver training, build relationships, and support IPS services.
• Experience delivering accredited qualifications (Desirable).
• Experience acting as a tutor, assessor, or internal quality assurer (Desirable).
• Experience developing IPS-specific e-learning (Desirable).
• Experience working with NHS, ICB, or regional healthcare stakeholders (Desirable).

Skills

• IPS principles and practice
• Training programme development
• Training delivery
• Face-to-face training
• Virtual training
• E-learning programme design
• Adult learning principles
• Onboarding support
• Mentoring
• Professional development
• Stakeholder management
• Relationship building
• Influence
• Organisational skills
• Project management
• Problem-solving
• Training effectiveness evaluation
• Workforce development
• Race equity action planning
• EDI data analysis
• Quality assurance
• Accredited qualification delivery
• Tutor
• Assessor
• Internal quality assurer
• IPS-specific e-learning development
• NHS stakeholder engagement
• ICB stakeholder engagement
• Regional healthcare stakeholder engagement

Location

• Remote
• UK based

Work Type

• Full time
• Permanent
• Hybrid working
• Remote working

Experience Level

• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• £49,000

Benefits

• Remote working
• Healthcare cash plan
• Mental health support, including Mental Health Aiders
• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days
• Ability to buy and sell up to 5 additional holiday days
• 3 days closure between Christmas and New Year
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies
• Volunteer leave
• Pension contributions of 4% matched

About the Company

• Social Finance is an ambitious not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with governments, service providers, the voluntary sector and the financial community to tackle complex social challenges.
• Through IPS Grow, Social Finance supports the expansion and development of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services across England.
• The programme works across mental health, primary care, and drug and alcohol services and is funded by NHS England, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.