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** IPS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
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Hi John
I hope this finds you well.
Here are some upcoming IPS training opportunities, highlighting our Employer engagement course on 24 July. This 1-day live-online course is a great opportunity to focus on building effective relationships with employers to get more people into work.
We also have some great training opportunities for supervisors. In July, we’re running our popular course Leading for excellence: Training for IPS supervisors. This 1.5-day course supports new IPS supervisors and team leaders in managing and improving IPS services.
Later in September, our course Conducting IPS supervisions will help supervisors develop the skills needed to provide supportive supervision to employment specialists.
We’ve also launched a brand-new 2-day course, Advanced IPS team leader training, designed to further develop the skills of team leaders working in secondary mental health services who have previously attended our 4-day IPS team leader training.
You’ll find details and links below. Please feel welcome to reach out if you have a specific training need!
Kind regards,
Zak Palmer
Internal Business Lead | Centre for Mental Health
Employer engagement
Dates: 24 July 2025
Times: 09:15 – 16:30 with regular breaks and an hour for lunch
Price: £210 + VAT per person (£252 total)
An interactive course delivered live-online via Zoom
About this course
Level-up your employer engagement with this course.
Are employers telling you to apply online? 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.
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
When to attend this training?
We recommend attending Employer engagement training 2+ months into your IPS role. By this point, you’ll have had the chance to engage with employers directly, allowing you to bring real-life experiences and any challenges you’ve encountered to the training for discussion.
Before attending this one-day course, we suggest completing our 2-day course Doing what works: Training for employment specialists, which introduces the topic. The Employer engagement course builds on that foundation, offering a deeper dive into building effective relationships with local employers.
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Upcoming IPS training
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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*NEW* Advanced IPS team leader training
Cohort one: 24 & 27 June 2025 - last few places remaining!
Cohort two: 23 & 24 September 2025
Advance your leaderships skills in 2 days. For workers in secondary mental health services.
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Employer engagement
24 July 2025
This new, 1-day course is designed for IPS managers and team leaders who are preparing to deliver IPS as part of the Connect to Work programme.
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IPS implementation training for managers
11 July 2025
This new, 1-day course is designed for IPS managers and team leaders who are preparing to deliver IPS as part of the Connect to Work programme.
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Leading for excellence: Training for IPS supervisors
30 & 31 July 2025
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.
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IPS team leader training
Cohort sixteen: 12, 13, 21, 22 August 2025
Learn to lead high performing IPS services in 4 days. For workers in secondary mental health services.
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Conducting IPS supervisions
25 September 2025
Develop your skills in providing supportive supervisions of employment specialists.
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Connect to Work
We are excited to support the roll out of Connect to Work with our IPS training.
We have a webpage where you can find information about training for those in the Connect to Work programme, and a link to complete our training enquiry form. The page includes recommendations on when training should be undertaken and by whom. The page also features an FAQ section that we will continue to update.
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