Working Well: Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care

Referral organisations

Do you work with disabled people, people with long term health conditions or people enduring mental health conditions? The Working Well: Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (WW:IPSPC) programme can provide your client or patients with tailored support to help them gain sustainable employment, return to work or help prevent them from falling out of work due to ill health.

Through our service, individuals will be supported at their own pace with the following support:

• Rapid job search which focuses on helping to find the RIGHT job.

• Personalised job search based on the assessment of skills and abilities.

• CV writing and review, tailored to specific job goals.

• Benefits advice

• Self-employment advice

• Working alongside health professionals to ensure that the individuals health is a priority

• Working closely with employers to help them understand and cater for specific needs

• We can act as an intermediary, contacting the employers individuals want to work for on their behalf

• Offering career opportunities and advice

• Job interview preparation and advice

• Aftercare after the client has returned to work

WW:IPSPC is here to help individuals to focus on their own strengths, skills and abilities, to overcome any barriers preventing them from thriving in sustained employment. We’re aware that no two clients are the same, and each of them will be supported in a way that works uniquely for them.

Support returning to work

Are you currently employed and are a disabled person or have a long  term health or mental health condition which makes it difficult for you  to work or puts you at risk of long-term sickness leave? The Working  Well: Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (WW:IPSPC)  programme can provide you and your employer with tailored support  and guidance. We can help enable you to stay in work or to return to work after a period of sickness, whilst ensuring your health needs are prioritised.

Through our programme, you will have access to a personal Employment Specialist, who will work with both you and your employer providing rapid support. We can help you with the following:

• Working alongside your health professionals to ensure that your health is a priority

• Working closely with your employer to help them understand and cater for your needs

• Benefits advice

• Identifying and helping resolve barriers you face or may face at work

• Giving you access to a 24/7 employee assistance programme

• Giving you access to coping strategies, wellbeing applications and guidance

• Identifying potential training for you and/or your employer

• Three-way reviews with you and your employer

• Career planning

WW:IPSPC is here to help you focus on your strengths and skills and work with you to identify and overcome barriers you are facing and develop personalised plans to help you stay in work. We’re aware that no two clients are the same, and you will be supported in a way that works uniquely for you.

Helping you to support disabled employees

Do you have disabled employees, employees with long term health or enduring mental health conditions who are finding it difficult to sustain their work and are having a negative experience in your organisation? The Working Well: Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (WW:IPSPC) programme can provide tailored support which focuses on helping them to return to work, or from preventing them going on long term sickness leave.

Our service supports people through their barriers to work, utilising a personalised Employment Specialist from our skilled team to assist them and you individually to finding a more productive compromise that works for all parties.

We can help you and your employee with:

Working closely with you and your employee to help identify and resolve barriers faced

• Career planning

• Suggesting and implementing reasonable adjustments

• Benefits advice

• Co-designing support

• Giving your employee access to a 24/7 employee assistance programme

• Giving your employee access to coping strategies, wellbeing applications and guidance

• Identifying potential training for you and/or your employee

• Three-way reviews

• Working alongside health professionals to ensure that health needs are catered for

• Offering expert advice and guidance