Certificate of Achievement

Melanie Plummer

has completed the following course:

Supporting People with Health Conditions Into Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

Social Finance and IPS GROW

This course explored the key IPS principles and best practice for employment specialists, demonstrated how IPS is an effective way of supporting those with mental health and other health problems into paid employment and discussed the role of the employment specialist.

7 weeks, 2 hours per week

Miles Rinaldi

Lead Educator & Head of Recovery and Social Inclusion at South West London & St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Social Finance

90%
overall score

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Explore why employment is so important to mental health
  • Explore how Individual Placement and Support (IPS) helps clients back to work
  • Identify what the role of Employment Specialist involves
  • Discuss how Employment Specialists can deliver IPS most effectively, to help clients reach their potential

Syllabus

  • Why employment is so important to mental health.
  • How Individual Placement and Support (IPS) helps clients back to work.
  • What the role of Employment Specialist involves.
  • How Employment Specialists can deliver IPS most effectively, to help clients reach their potential.

Issued on 6th April 2026

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Free online course:

Supporting People with Health Conditions Into Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

Social Finance