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** IPS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
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Zak Palmer
Internal Business Lead
Dear IPS Colleagues,
Thanks to funding from NHS England, we have partnered with IPS Grow to introduce a new training course focused on co-production with individuals who have lived experience. This course is designed for team leaders and service managers working in NHS-funded secondary mental health services.
Additionally, Centre for Mental Health is offering courses on employer engagement and conducting IPS supervisions.
If you have any questions about the training, please feel free to reach out.
Co-production training for NHS funded IPS services in England
Date: 26 November 2024
Timings: 09:15 – 16:30 with regular breaks and an hour for lunch
Delivered: Live-online via Zoom
Price: This course is funded by NHS England, therefore there is no direct charge to NHS funded IPS services in England.
This course is designed for team leaders and service managers in NHS funded secondary mental health services. It explores co-production and the importance of collaboration with people who have lived experience (PWLE). Participants will gain practical knowledge and skills to effectively engage and work alongside PWLE, ensuring their voices are integral to service development and delivery.
The training will cover:
What is co-production?
* Understanding the principles and significance of co-production.
* Exploring the benefits of involving PWLE in decision-making processes.
Recruiting People with Lived Experience (PWLE)
* Strategies for recruiting PWLE.
* Highlighting the benefits to PWLE of becoming involved in co-production.
Best Practices in working with PWLE
* Setting up and managing a local panel of PWLE.
* Addressing reimbursement and payment issues.
Key co-production topics
* Effective recruitment panels.
* Developing and utilising case studies.
* Creating service user-friendly materials.
* Engaging speakers with lived experience.
Course Format: This training will be delivered through a combination of interactive workshops and practical exercises, providing participants with both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience.
Eligibility:
As this course is funded by NHS England you will need to be a team leader or service manager in an NHS trust delivering an IPS service for people in secondary mental health services. This course is open to both NHS staff and third sector providers. Application required.
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Other upcoming courses
Conducting IPS Supervisions
Date: 29 October 2024
Timings: 09:15 – 16:30 with regular breaks and an hour for lunch
Delivered: Live-online via Zoom
Price: £210 + VAT per person (£252 total)
About:
Are you new to providing supervision or are you looking to enhance your supervision skills?
Conducting supportive and effective client-based supervision can increase overall job satisfaction of those you supervise, and in turn work towards achieving a high-fidelity IPS service, where IPS clients are successfully supported to secure and maintain jobs they want.
This interactive 1-day course will help you develop your skills in providing excellent supervision to motivate and support employment specialists, giving structure and direction in how they can support IPS clients into work.
This course is aimed at anyone who carries out client-based supervisions to support employment specialists and provides the knowledge, understanding and practical tools required to deliver effective IPS supervision.
The training will cover:
* The different types of individual supervision and how to provide them
* Group supervisions; how to prepare for and run them
* Working with different personalities
* Adapting your approach to suit each employment specialist’s background/experience
* Field mentoring, tailored to match each employment specialist’s needs
* How to deliver effective feedback
* Modelling IPS good practice and helping supervisees overcome challenges/barriers to achieving it
* Harnessing help from multidisciplinary team members
* Providing additional in-the-field support
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Employer Engagement
Date: 12 November 2024
Timings: 09:15 – 16:30 with regular breaks and an hour for lunch
Delivered: Live-online via Zoom
Price: £210 + VAT per person (£252 total)
About:
Level-up your employer engagement.
Are you hearing things like “apply online” or “we’re not hiring”? Are you making initial contact but things don’t progress? No problem, this course has you covered. We’ll show you how to navigate the common obstacles people face when out and about meeting local employers. We understand the challenges of employer engagement and we’re here to help you overcome them.
This course is perfect for employment specialists, supervisors, occupational therapists and vocational support workers who support IPS clients into work.
The training will cover:
* The challenges of employer engagement
* Myth busting: the misconceptions of employer engagement
* Making the perfect introduction
* Progressing past the initial introduction
* Managing employers’ concerns (and yours)
* Building relationships that feel natural
* How IPS benefits employers
* Sharing personal information with employers (disclosure)
* … and more
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Upcoming training diary
Doing What Works:
Training for Employment Specialists
This comprehensive and interactive course will help you support people into work using the IPS model.
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Leading for Excellence:
Training for IPS Supervisors and Team Leaders
17 & 18 October 2024
This 1.5 day course helps new IPS supervisors and team leaders manage and improve IPS services. For workers in primary care, and drug & alcohol services.
Find out more & book ([link removed])
IPS Team Leader Training
Cohort fourteen: 15, 16 ,22, 23 October 2024
Cohort fifteen: 18, 19, 25, 26 February 2025
Learn to lead high-performing IPS services in 4 days. NHS-funded training for team leaders in secondary mental health services. Gain core knowledge and key skills.
Find out more & apply ([link removed])
Conducting IPS Supervisions
29 October 2024
Looking to level up your supervision skills? You'll learn how to support and motivate employment specialists, giving structure and direction to help IPS clients find work.
Find out more & book ([link removed])
Employer Engagement
12 November 2024
Perfect your introduction, and move meeting past the initial stage when meeting local employers.
Find out more & book ([link removed])
Co-production training for NHS funded IPS services in England
26 November 2024
Understanding the significance of involving those with lived experience in service design.
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