Individual Placement and Support (IPS) - For Individuals With Mental Illness
Employment and Mental Health - Adult & Senior
Provided by Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) - Lower Mainland Branch
Psychosocial rehabilitation through employment placement.
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supports individuals with mental illness to obtain and maintain competitive employment. Employment has been proven to improve quality of life for people recovering from severe mental illness, provides structure and purposeful activity while enhancing self-esteem and social belonging – all significant contributors to recovery.
IPS is a recovery-oriented Psychosocial Rehabilitation evidence-based best practice. Employment placement rates for clients of high performing IPS programs are more than double those of other supported employment programs for people with serious mental illness. CMHA-VF regularly achieves or exceeds the employment placement rates outlined in the literature.
For more information, please contact the Acting Regional Manager listed below.
Location finder: https://cmha.ca/find-help/find-cmha...
778-986-2343 (Acting Regional Manager)
Public email: jennifer.macdonald@cmhavf.ca
Website: https://cmhavf.ca/programs/ips
Cost: No cost
Associated Programs/Services
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Availability
Service area: Vancouver + show cities
Service Types Provided
Employment
- Employment Support: Employment Support: Mental Health
Mental Health - Adult & Senior
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at a single location
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