Newham IPS Employment Service

Employment advice during COVID-19

Our employment team have created this information pack on employment advice, specifically for during COVID-19. 

This pack includes information on job retention, in-work support, advice for working from home, claiming benefits, finding new work and employment advice.

Finding and retaining paid work can play a significant part in your recovery from mental health condition. Benefits include the daily structure a job brings, an expansion of your social and support networks, an increase in income and a sense of an identity other than that of a mental health service user. 

Sometimes it can be difficult to look for employment, especially after having had a break from the work place. That is where our Employment Specialists can make a difference. 

We are here to help you:

• Look for paid work
• Help with Job searches
• Continued support once you are in work

Our offer  

• A FREE and confidential service designed around what you want and need
• Joined-up working with your clinical support team
• A Job search based on your interests and preferences
• Assistance with your CV and job application process
• Reaching out to suitable employers
• Helping you assess impact of earnings on any benefits you receive
• Time unlimited support while you are in work, including career development

All we require is that you are a service user of: 

• The Newham Community Recovery Teams (North or South)
• The Newham Assessment and Brief Treatment Team or
• The Newham Early Intervention Service
• You are unemployed, want to work and are ready to start searching within 4 weeks of your first appointment with us.

For more information you can download our information leaflet here.

More information can also be found by visiting NHS ELFT Newham IPS Employment page here.

If you would like to be referred to this service, please speak to your clinical support team or e-mail [email protected].