NEL ICB-Individual Placement Support (IPS) Newham, BHR and Waltham Forest - Multi-Lots:

NHS North East London ICB (hereafter referred to as "the Authority") is seeking to commission a Mental Health Individual Placement Service and Employment Support Service

("the Services") in North East London ICB Boroughs covered within Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge (BHR), Newham and Waltham Forest (WF) regions.

It is widely accepted that good employment is generally positive for a person's mental health, including those who have a mental health condition. Work supports and promotes social and economic inclusion and enables a person to be more independent and therefore have more control over their life, all of which have been identified as protective factors of mental wellbeing. For this reason, it is widely acknowledged among professionals that the longer people are absent from or out of work, the more likely they are to experience depression and/or anxiety. Therefore, the aim of this Mental Health employment service is to support people to gain appropriate employment.