Working Well: Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)

About us

Ingeus deliver the Working Well: Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (WW:IPSPC) in Stockport which supports people with disabilities and physical or mental health conditions, to find or stay in work.

Looking for work?

We offer tailored support and guidance to help you find long lasting employment by supporting you with:

• one-to-one support from an employment specialist
• rapid, personalised job search to help you find the right job based on your skills and abilities
• a team of health professionals who will make sure your health remains a priority
• creating a CV and covering letter
• better-off-calculations and benefits advice
• careers advice, information and guidance
• self-employment advice
• contacting potential employers on your behalf
• preparing for job interviews and accompanying you to interviews where needed
• access to iWorks, our online careers portal
• continued support once you’re in work

Struggling to stay in work?

We can help enable you to stay in work or to return to work after a period of sickness, whilst ensuring your health needs are prioritised. We provide a link between you, your healthcare provider, and your employer to make sure your individual needs are met in the workplace by:

• working with your health professionals to ensure that your health is a priority
• taking your fit note recommendations to your employer
• working with your employer to ensure that they understand and can cater for your needs.
• helping to resolve any barriers you might face at work
• identifying potential training for you and/or your employer
• career planning
• conducting three-way reviews with you and your employer
• giving you coping strategies, wellbeing applications and guidance
• advising you on your benefits

You have an employee who needs support to stay in work

If you're an employer, we can provide you with advice and guidance on supporting employees who are disabled, have long-term health conditions or mental health issues and are finding it difficult to stay in work. We provide tailored support which focuses on helping employees to overcome their personal barriers to work, helping them to return after a period of absence, and preventing them from requiring extended sickness leave.

You would like to refer someone to the programme

We accept referrals from organisations who work with people with disabilities, long-term health conditions or mental health issues.

Eligibility

To be eligible for WW: IPSPC, you must:

• be a resident of Greater Manchester
• not be on another DWP contracted employment programme or provision
• not be on another employment programme or provision delivered by another government department, charitable trust, or third party
• not be receiving employment support, other than from Jobcentre Plus
• have a disability or long-term health condition
• be willing to participate in WW: IPSPC to remain in paid work or be willing to find and sustain paid work
• be of working age (18 years and over)
• if already in-work, you must have been employed for at least three months before starting WW: IPSPC and be working a minimum of 9 hours per week
• have an entitlement to public funds