IPS Employment Support

IPS Employment support is available to anyone aged 18 or over who are experiencing mental health challenges and who want to gain or maintain paid employment

Please note that The Employment Support Team do not offer urgent/emergency or crisis mental health care or support.

Feeling unable to cope, worried you may hurt yourself or somebody else and/or experiencing suicidal feelings?

Click here to view crisis support information

For immediate help: If your life - or someone else's life - is in immediate danger, please call 999 or go to A&E.

For same or next day help

You can get support in different ways depending on what you prefer. All services are free.

Call NHS 111 and select the mental health option (available 24/7). To request an interpreter, please ask someone to call on your behalf and say which language is needed.
Call the Samaritans on 116 123 (available 24/7).
Visit a Staying Well service (out-of-hours mental health crisis support service for people aged 18+ available in Brighton, Crawley, Eastbourne, Hastings and Worthing). If you need an interpreter, these services can call for interpretation help while you are with them. You can access links to make a referral here:

Staying Well Eastbourne - https://southdownhousing.tfaforms.net/18

Staying Well Hastings - https://southdownhousing.tfaforms.net/14

Staying Well Brighton & Hove - https://southdownhousing.tfaforms.net/19

Text the word SUSSEX to 85258 (24/7 mental health text-messaging support service). If you are using Google Translate, please tell the mental health professional that you don't speak English and they will work with you and support you to feel calmer.
Download the Stay Alive app - a suicide prevention resource full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis.

Type of Referral

Self-ReferralProfessional Referral

Referral Source

Self-referral

If you are Referring someone complete this section

Referrers Name

Referrers Service

Referrers Phone Number

Referrers Email

Client Contact Details

First Name

Last Name

Date of Birth

NHS Number

NHS Number - if unknown, you can find it at https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-nhs-number/

Sex

Gender Identity

Home Phone

Mobile

Please enter mobile number without spaces

Preferred Contact Method

Client Address

House Number and Street

Town

County

Postcode

Please ensure that the Postcode is entered in capitals and in the correct format including a space (E.g. BN7 1JU)

Date moved into property (Can be estimate)

Client Details

Employment Status

Please tell us more about your employment goals

For example - exploring your career options, retaining current employment, looking for new paid employment etc

Please tell us more about the client's employment goals

For example - exploring their career options, retaining current employment, looking for new paid employment etc

Mental Health Challenges - Please select any applicable options

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Other - Please Specify

Safety Planning and Risk Management

Risk Assessment Date

Next Risk Assessment Due

Is there something we may need to be aware in terms of contacting or first meeting with a client which could put client, ourselves or community at risk?

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Risk Information

Southdown Data Processing Statement

We are committed to protecting your personal data. By submitting this form, you understand Southdown will be processing your data in order to review your referral and offer Employment Support Services.

Any personal information you share with Southdown will be kept secure and used in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

It will only be looked at and used to help make sure we give you an effective service. This may include sharing the information across different parts of Southdown where this is necessary to ensure we give you the best possible support.

We may share the information with other support agencies if this would help you access other services or if we are concerned about you or someone else.

We understand that you may not want certain information about you shared with some people. This can make it difficult for us to give you all the support you need, so if you do not want information about you shared with another service or person, your worker will talk to you about how this might affect you.

We can share your information even if you have asked us not to if we are concerned about your safety or the safety of others, or where we are required to by law. We will try to discuss this with you before we share your information.

Remember you can discuss, withdraw, change or review your consent for Southdown to process your personal information at any time. You can also ask us to delete any information we hold about you. This will also be reviewed at your regular support plan review sessions with your support worker. If there are legal reasons why Southdown needs to retain your information we will talk to you about this to ensure that you are making informed decisions about how this might affect you. You can also ask to see the information Southdown holds about you.

If you are unhappy with the way Southdown uses your information please speak to us and we will do everything possible to address your concerns. If you are still unhappy you have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). More information about this is available on the ICO website at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/

More information about how Southdown stores and uses your data is available as a leaflet or on our website www.Southdown.org

Long Statement Date Issued & Understood

Southdown Data Processing Statement

Please confirm that the client/patient is happy for you to make this referral and share their information with Southdown. Full details of Southdown’s Privacy Notice can be found here: https://www.southdown.org/privacypolicy/

Please tick box to confirm

Short Statement Date Issued & Understood

IPS Employment Support - West Sussex