Where: North Somerset

Who will benefit: Current mental health service users and people within the IAPT positive steps programme needing support around either sustaining or gaining employment

 Key features

 North Somerset consortium is a well established partnership between North Somerset Council, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership, Weston College, the Workers Education Authority and third sector providers across North Somerset.

Strong links exist between the Consortium and Working Links and Tomorrows People and a local employment providers forum operates across North Somerset.

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme is called Positive Steps http://www.positivestep.net/ ,and is a tripartite partnership between Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health partnership , Second Step and Atos.

The two have joined as a partnership to deliver the employment aspects of both IAPT clients.

How they are being delivered.

Click here to see the pathways for different levels of the stepped care model for this service

The IAPT employment money is being used to fund a further post at the Carlton Centre to expand the courses on offer through the positive steps programme, geared towards people wanted to gain employment. There is a volunteering aspect to the positive steps service to help people regain confidence and skills for work.

There are plans to work towards providing the Individual Placement and Support Scheme across North Somerset

The data for North Somerset is available on the Oneplace website and to date the information for NI150 is not publically available. There is activity to measure this target in the forthcoming year.

Go to this site to see how the Council is performing to date.

What looks good about them?

Links with Go for life programme delivered by the PCT.

The co-ordination of employment opportunities within the consortium arrangement.

Ten year economic strategy for North Somerset