Health services

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As part of its strategic plans to transform health and social care services across the borough, Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG), South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) with Barnsley Council will shortly be commissioning a pilot for a new service that will promote and embed employment support within the Increasing Access to Psychological (IAPT) Service. To support us in this the Work and Health Unit of DWP has invited Barnsley to be part of a large scale initiative to increase the employment support within IAPT services. Provision of employment support in the context of psychological therapies is a new approach to tackling employment retention for Barnsley. Clients receive psychological therapy through IAPT which is complemented by employment advice designed to deal specifically with the work-related problems the client is experiencing. As part of its strategic plans to transform health and social care services across the borough, Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG), South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) with Barnsley Council will shortly be commissioning a pilot for a new service that will promote and embed employment support within the Increasing Access to Psychological (IAPT) Service. To support us in this the Work and Health Unit of DWP has invited Barnsley to be part of a large scale initiative to increase the employment support within IAPT services. Provision of employment support in the context of psychological therapies is a new approach to tackling employment retention for Barnsley. Clients receive psychological therapy through IAPT which is complemented by employment advice designed to deal specifically with the work-related problems the client is experiencing.