People with mental health problems often want to be working but don't know how to go about it or need support to make it happen.
IPS takes an evidence-based approach always using client-centred - employment as an active intervention to assist individual recovery.
Employment specialists can support clients by helping:
- To overcome setbacks and worries at work
- With career progression
- Get the right information about benefits to avoid the risks and anxieties of becoming worse off in work where possible
- Make contact with employers and offer support when meeting with them, if needed
- Provide ongoing in-work support to ensure sustained employment.
You can access our service if you are aged 18 or over, motivated to get a paid job and willing to start actively job searching.
Last updated: 7 March 2025