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Last updated: 15 December 2009
CAB 117-09
15 December 2009
A successful partnership between the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Southwark Council has helped people with mental health conditions secure jobs has been visited today by Angela Smith, Minister for Social Exclusion.
The visit to the Southwark Works office at the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre follows last week's Government report, Work, Recovery and Inclusion, which found that far more people with the most severe mental health conditions can work, and that employment is a key benefit to their mental health and recovery.
Southwark Vocational Service and Southwark Works is a leader in providing mental health and employment services together, demonstrating the report’s finding that it is the most effective way to help these groups find work.
Southwark Vocational Service at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust was set up in 2004. Their advisors, based in the Southwark Works offices, provide mental health and employment support tailored to each client’s specific needs. The range of support offered includes career counselling, education and training, job searching and job retention support.
The service has helped over 800 individuals in Southwark. Most of these clients are in secondary mental health services.
Angela Smith, Minister for Social Exclusion, said:
“The partnership between the South London Maudsley NHS Trust and Southwark Council clearly shows the benefits of public services working together to better support people with mental health conditions. It is helping more people to lead happier lives by providing individualised mental health and employment support for their particular needs.
“It is clear that public services must work together to get more people with severe mental health conditions into work, employers and the public must value the input of people with mental health conditions, and people with severe mental health conditions must have the clear aspiration and expectation to work.”
More information on the Work, Recovery and Inclusion report
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