Award of the provision the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Service Employment support approach for people receiving community treatment for drug and alcohol dependence.

This is the award for the delivery of a employment support approach for people receiving community treatment for drug and alcohol dependence who are unemployed, conducted throughout East Sussex. IPS is intensive employment support delivered by trained employment specialists and provided as part of multi-disciplinary clinical services, rather than separately through mainstream employment support services. The IPS Project is managed by the Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco Division at Public Health England (PHE), funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and backed by the Department of Health and Social Care.