The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Service will be loaning laptops to people across North Cumbria and the North East An employment service supporting people across North Cumbria who are struggling with serious mental health issues has been granted £3,240 to provide laptops on loan to the people they help. The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Service, run by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW), supports people who are being treated by the Trust’s Community Mental Health Teams to find, or stay in, paid work. The laptops will be loaned to people across North Cumbria and the North East who are receiving support from the IPS team, for around two months at a time when the person is ready to start applying and interviewing for jobs.
More than £3,200 granted to help people struggling with serious mental health issues
14/04/2021
An employment service supporting people who are struggling with serious mental health issues has been granted more than £3,200 to provide laptops on loan to access job applications and interviews.
The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Employment Service, run by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW), supports people who are being treated by the Trustâs Community Mental Health Teams to find, or stay in, paid work.
Many of these people do not have stable access to the internet or a laptop â which are now more vital than ever for successful job hunting, with COVID-19 driving most job assessments and interviews online, and libraries, Job Centres and other places usually offering free computer access being closed during the lockdown restrictions.
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