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Building on our experience and successful projects, we develop and promote new ways of helping people with mental health problems get and keep work.

What's new

Two new Centres of Excellence in IPS

11/02/2013

We are delighted to recognise two new IPS Centres of Excellence in Dudley & Walsall and Manchester and we congratulate the services on this achievement.

The staff of these two Mental Health Trusts underwent an independent quality review of their IPS service and were able to demonstrate high fidelity to the model and a Trust-wide commitment to promoting recovery through the efforts of dedicated supported employment staff.

BOHRF's final report on Computerised CBT for common mental health disorders

19/09/2012

British Occupational Health Research Foundation has published the final report of its study to investigate a cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) intervention that could be administered in the workplace. This study found that users of MoodGYM took less time off work during the study period, leading to lower costs for employers.

Training courses in employment

We offer a range of training and development sessions to help services deliver evidence-based supported employment. They include IPS, fidelity training, engaging with employers, motivational interviewing and more. See a list of upcoming dates here.

Introduction


06 March 2013 Centre for Mental Health lecture calls for early intervention and integration Professor Richard Frank, a former adviser to the US Government, yesterday delivered the 2013 Centre for Mental Health Lecture with a call for mental and physical health services to ‘meet people where they are’ and to focus on intervening early to get the best results.
11 February 2013 Centre for Mental Health welcomes Work Foundation report on schizophrenia and employment People with schizophrenia can and do work, but too many are denied the opportunity to get jobs through lack of effective support.
19 November 2012 Centre welcomes additional funding for Access to Work scheme “Additional funding for the successful Access to Work scheme will mean that more people with a mental illness or a disability get the same chance as everyone else to find a job or to remain in work.”

06 March 2013
Centre for Mental Health lecture calls for early intervention and integration
Professor Richard Frank, a former adviser to the US Government, yesterday delivered the 2013 Centre for Mental Health Lecture with a call for mental and physical health services to ‘meet people where they are’ and to focus on intervening early to get the best results.

11 February 2013
Centre for Mental Health welcomes Work Foundation report on schizophrenia and employment
People with schizophrenia can and do work, but too many are denied the opportunity to get jobs through lack of effective support.

19 November 2012
Centre welcomes additional funding for Access to Work scheme
“Additional funding for the successful Access to Work scheme will mean that more people with a mental illness or a disability get the same chance as everyone else to find a job or to remain in work.”

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