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Disabilities Minister and Mayor launch Working Win health-led employment trial

Disabilities Minister and Mayor launch Working Win health-led employment trial
24 August 2018

A multi-million pound trailblazing health and employment trial, which has been signed up to by all the region’s NHS Trusts, and 110 South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw GPs, was officially launched in Sheffield City Region this month by Sarah Newton MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, and Dan Jarvis, Mayor of the Sheffield City Region.

The Working Win health-led employment trial is funded by the Government’s Work and Health Unit and is being delivered in partnership with local NHS partners and South Yorkshire Housing Association. Sheffield City Region is one of two sites running the research, with the other trial now live in the West Midlands.

As a randomised control trial, Working Win aims to test whether a new type of employment support is more effective than existing services. Half the people who sign up are therefore given tailored IPS (Individual Placement and Support) services, while the other half are given support from existing services. This approach aims to discover whether the new support is an improvement on what is currently available.

Over 1,000 people have already signed-up to be part of the Working Win trial, which is running across Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield, Rotherham, Retford, Worksop and surrounding areas.

To find out more about the Working Win trial, including details on how to get involved, visit: the website here.

Sir Andrew Cash, chief executive of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System, said:

“I am so pleased that many people are signing up to be a part of this trial. We know that being in steady employment offers so many benefits not only to a person’s physical and mental health but their entire wellbeing and this initiative is exactly the kind of thing that will help us as a region achieve our goal of ensuring everyone in South Yorkshire has the support to be healthy and live well, for longer.

“Mental and physical health are intrinsically linked and with the support offered by schemes such as this, people have an increased network of support not only from health and care services but from employers too – meaning their chances of living a more positive, fulfilling life are greatly increased – with increased confidence, control over their circumstances and self-sufficiency to live well.

“We want our region to be a healthy, supportive place where people love to live, with the opportunities and chances they need to thrive and I am proud that South Yorkshire is leading the way in so many things to improve our population’s overall wellbeing.”