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Zak Palmer
Centre for Mental Health
Hello IPS colleagues,
Thanks to funding from NHS England, we’ve partnered with IPS Grow to help IPS managers develop effective employer engagement in their team. Training on 28 January.
If you’re an employment specialist looking to develop your own skills in employer engagement, sign up for our 1-day course on 16 January.
If you have any questions about the training, please feel free to reach out.
Developing Effective Employer Engagement in Your Team
Date: 28 January 2025
Time: 09:15 - 16:30 with regular breaks and an hour for lunch
Delivered: Live-online via Zoom
Audience: Managers of employment specialists
Price: As this course is funded by NHS England, there are no costs to your service to attend. Please see eligibility criteria below.
About
Are you a team leader looking to develop your team’s skills in employer engagement?
Are you looking for ways to motivate your team to go out and meet local employers?
This training is designed for people who manage employment specialists. It will provide you with the tools to boost your team’s skills and confidence in approaching employers and building relationships to make the perfect job match. The training will explore techniques used in mentoring and coaching to help you develop your team’s approach to employer engagement.
The training will cover:
* Exploring and overcoming employment specialist’s barriers to employer engagement
* Securing buy-in from your team
* Techniques to help your team effectively engage with employers
* The psychology behind engaging and influencing employers
* Mentoring and coaching your team to become champions in employer engagement
* Relaying the benefits of employer engagement to your team
Eligibility
As this training is funded by NHS England you will need to be a manager in an NHS trust delivering an IPS service for people in secondary mental health services.
The capacity for this course is 16 delegates.
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Employer Engagement training
Date: 16 January 2025
Time: 09:15 - 16:30 with regular breaks and an hour for lunch
Delivered: Live-online via Zoom
Audience: Employment specialists
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.
In this course, you'll learn how to make the perfect introduction to help your interactions progress to a follow-up visit. We'll teach you what to say, and what to hold back for later visits. We’ll explore how you develop your relationships by asking the right questions. By the end of the course you’ll be equipped to go out and build strong, lasting relationships with potential employers.
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 and how to overcome them
* 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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Other upcoming courses
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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Employer Engagement
16 January 2024
Perfect your introduction, and move meeting past the initial stage when meeting local employers.
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Leading for Excellence:
Training for IPS Supervisors and Team Leaders
30 & 31 January 2024
This 1.5 day course helps new IPS supervisors and team leaders manage and improve IPS services.
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IPS Team Leader Training
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.
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