Join Our Team and Make a Genuine Impact on Others' Lives.
Are you passionate about guiding individuals toward meaningful employment in their recovery journey?
At Change Grow Live (CGL), we're committed to empowering people through Individual Placement and Support (IPS), ensuring sustainable paid work aligned with their preferences.
This is your chance to be part of something incredible—an opportunity to establish an IPS service across six local authority areas in Southwest London. CGL has secured the contract to expand our IPS support, collaborating across Merton, Croydon, Kingston, Sutton, Wandsworth, and Richmond. Service mobilisation begins this January.
As an IPS Access to Employment Specialist, you'll lead this groundbreaking effort, developing project management, stakeholder engagement, and implementation skills. Extensive training and ongoing support will be provided to ensure your success.
Where: Kingston, South London
Salary: £29,093.39 - £31,529.41 pro rata dependent on experience (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)
Allowances: £4,072.06 Inner London Weighting, pro rata
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week
ResponsibilitiesService Overview:
In this role, you'll manage a caseload of 25 individuals receiving structured treatment for drug and/or alcohol use, helping them secure sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences.
You'll deliver the IPS employment support approach, offering person-centered advice and guidance while fostering positive relationships with local employers to create employment opportunities.
Your focus will be on helping clients sustain their employment while working collaboratively with treatment service staff to identify potential referrals and provide integrated support leading to job acquisition and retention.
IPS is a fundamental commitment in the Government’s Drug Strategy, revolutionising employment support in all treatment services in England. This evidence-based model ensures service users secure preference-led paid work, significantly more effective than any other support.
Join us and play a pivotal role in setting up this integrated service.
You'll collaborate closely with key stakeholders to promote and establish the service across the Sutton borough, primarily based in one of our London services.
About You:
Educated to degree level or equivalent work experienceStrong communication skills for effective relationship buildingProficient in team management and support strategiesAptitude in data collection and reporting for IPS servicesDedication to assisting individuals secure paid employmentProven ability to connect with individuals, especially those affected by substance misuseWhat We Offer:
25 days holiday (+ bank holidays), increasing annually for first 5 years. pro rataPaid ‘Wellness’ hour each week, ‘Wellness’ hub, and Employee Assist ProgrammeContributory pension schemeGreat benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.A supportive team passionate about their workTraining, career development & progression opportunitiesRefer a friend scheme with generous vouchers for successful candidatesIf you're excited about this opportunity, apply now and be part of our transformative journey at Change Grow Live.
Join us in making a profound difference in people's lives.
Please review the attached Job Description and Role Specifics for a detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification.
If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more here Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 25 to 28 (£29,093.40 - £31,529.41) ILW / OLW /Fringe Inner London Weighting (£4,072.06) Closing Date 12/2/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Saskia Roeg | Saskia.Roeg@cgl.org.uk This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Options ApplyApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"> </span></p> Share this vacancy on your newsfeed
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We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
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