Visit the site A recruitment platform focused on boosting the IPS sector.
Individual Placement Support (IPS) helps people with mental health difficulties into employment. IPS Grow passionately believes that access to the right employment, along with tailored support, can bring huge benefits to people accessing mental health services, veterans, prison leavers and people with physical health issues.
IPS Grow approached us to help build a website to host specialist vacancies, as well as additional information to support providers, all with the primary objective of growing the broader IPS sector. With a clear audience with specific needs to focus on, we benefited from involving users in the design of the service, taking them through the process from discovery, information architecture, design and final testing on the staging site.
The new site prioritises key user journeys so job seekers are presented with a quick route into the job listing and the option to sign up to job alerts via email. We also worked with people who recruit IPS specialists, enabling them to upload their job opportunities directly for moderation and approval, and then receive alerts when the deadline was approaching.
Monitoring and evaluation are hugely important for IPS Grow, so they wanted to understand how the platform helps recruiters find suitable candidates. To support them with this we set up extensive event tracking across the website and built a bespoke survey system, allowing them to gather feedback from recruiters about how the platform had supported their search.
With an expanded visual language, including a bolder approach to hero imagery, and a greater focus on users’ core needs, the end result better reflects IPS Grow’s role as convenors and experts within the IPS field.
We love our new website! The visual appeal has improved significantly and matches our new brand well. The website is easy to use, especially the new recruitment hub, which is one of our most visited pages. Kat and Simon’s support and communication throughout the development was excellent. We had a great experience working with the Bureau. Gloria Nalumansi, Marketing & Communications Assistant, IPS Grow