An Introduction to the IPS Approach

About the training

This three-hour session will ensure you understand the basic elements of IPS.

The training is ideal for anyone interested in supporting people with mental health and addiction issues into employment. This could include:

• employment support practitioners
• health professionals
• peer and family organisations
• Work and Income case managers
• Department of Corrections case managers
• policy professionals
• funders and leadership teams.

Learning objectives

• The learning objectives include understanding:
• the eight principles underpinning the approach
• research evidence
• fidelity scale
• New Zealand policy drivers.