Barnsley Employment Advisors in IAPT Service

Barnsley Employment Advisors in IAPT Service

We want Barnsley to have a culture of prevention and early intervention to make sure that people get timely access to health and appropriate employment support so that long-term unemployment is avoided and peoples mental health and wellbeing is improved. As part of this we want to ensure that an individual's contact with health care and employment services promote the link between being in work and achieving improved health outcomes.

It is widely accepted that work is generally good for mental health - including for people with mental health conditions. It is also established that the longer people are absent or out of work, the more likely they are to experience depression and anxiety.

We wish to share their vision and aims of the new service and invite interested parties to join us at a market engagement event (details provided below). The event will provide an opportunity to network with other interested parties and organisations and also for you to share your input and insight with us.

We want to have a closer relationship with providers, building trust to achieve our aspirations.

Below is a brief description of the tender opportunity that will shortly be advertised.

As part of its strategic plans to transform health and social care services across the borough, Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG), South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) with Barnsley Council will shortly be commissioning a pilot for a new service that will promote and embed employment support within the Increasing Access to Psychological (IAPT) Service. To support us in this the Work and Health Unit of DWP has invited Barnsley to be part of a large scale initiative to increase the employment support within IAPT services.

Provision of employment support in the context of psychological therapies is a new approach to tackling employment retention for Barnsley. Clients receive psychological therapy through IAPT which is complemented by employment advice designed to deal specifically with the work-related problems the client is experiencing. Employment Advisors (EAs) provide practical advice and relevant interventions to assist their clients to retain employment and, if off work sick, to help them return to attending work.

Market Engagement Event Information:

Providers are invited and encouraged to attend this event.

Places at the event are limited with a maximum of 2 delegates per organisation and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Providers must pre-register for the event. Only providers who have registered will be eligible to attend.

Date: Tuesday 6th December 2016

Time: 10.00 - Registration

12. - Close

Venue: Town Hall Barnsley

Church St, Barnsley, S70 2TA

Please see document attached for details on how to register your attendance at this event.