Impact Bond: Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP) Tower Hamlets
Stage of development: Complete
Policy sector: Employment and training
Social challenge: This funding has been offered for a three-year social impact bond to support people with severe and enduring mental illness to get into work in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Intervention: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is designed to address the employment support needs of secondary health service users with severe mental health conditions. The IPS service delivery model is based on having an employment advisor embedded in local mental health professional teams and working in a holistic manner with the therapeutic workers. The IPS employment advisor offers a personalised employment support service to the patient based upon their wishes and needs. Support is provided to employer and employee even after a placement has been made, including necessary adaptations. 
Date outcomes contract signed: 2016-02
Start of service provision: 2016-04
Anticipated completion date: 2019-03
Actual completion date: 2020-03
Anticipated duration of service provision: 36
Actual duration of service provision: 48
Target population: Adults registered with a GP in the commissioning area who have or are recovering from a mental health condition and are looking to enter employment.
Notes: Outcomes payment divided between commissioners. Successful engagement of user: MHEP/BII = 20%, Commissioner = 70%, SOF/CBO Fund = 10%. All others are SOF/CBO Fund = 100%