Drug and Alcohol service - Warwickshire

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If you want to work but aren’t sure where to start, our Individual Placement and Support service can help.

What is Individual Placement and Support (IPS)?

Individual Placement and Support is a type of employment support that can help you find job opportunities. An Employment Specialist will work with you to achieve your employment goals.

Together, we will identify your strengths and skills so you can focus on the types of jobs you are well suited to.

You will have access to:

  • One-to-one support with searching, applying and interviewing for jobs
  • Up to nine months' support to find a job
  • Up to four months of in-work support
  • Jobs that are not advertised elsewhere
  • Opportunities to meet with employers
  • Support to stay focused on getting the job you want
  • Help to find work that suits you, whether it’s part or full time
  • Help producing a professional CV
  • Resources, training and funding
  • Help with navigating your benefits to ensure you will be better off in work
  • Help to keep or change jobs if you are already working
  • Help if you need changes to your treatment provision to help enable you to continue paid work
  • Support to maintain your new role alongside your treatment
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You can get support from our IPS service if you are:

  • Accessing structured treatment at Change Grow Live's Warwickshire Drug and Alcohol service
  • Interested in securing paid employment
  • 18-64 years old
  • Eligible to work in the UK
  • Committed to achieving your employment goals, and willing to attend regular meetings with us
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Get in touch to find out more

Getting in touch is really easy. You can do one of the following:

We are here to help and welcome any enquiries.

Information for employers

We offer hassle-free support to employers, to fill vacancies by connecting you with motivated candidates

We are a pre-funded recruitment service; it doesn’t cost anything to work with us, meaning you fill your vacancies for free. You will recruit an employee who really wants to work; everyone using the IPS service are keen to find paid employment.

Our Employment Specialists will continue to work with you and your new employee to ensure it is a great fit for everyone. Training and support are available to ensure your workforce can work well with employees who may have faced adversities

Employment plays an important role in recovery and health improvement journeys. By employing someone through our service, you are helping to make a difference in the lives of people in the local community

Get in touch

If you are an employer in Warwickshire and want to find out more about how working with our IPS service could benefit your organisation, please get in touch.