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

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [East Sussex County Council](/buyers/east-sussex-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: SOUTHDOWN HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Award value: £211,888
- Tender value: £234,538
- Award date: 13 September 2021
- Published: 3 March 2022
- Contract start: 1 October 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2cc4ad4c-37c3-465e-ac6d-11a8f59b00fc-515296
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d4c47782-0d03-4226-b69c-3ca3dc8757da

## Description

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\. Additional information: This contract award notice links to the original notice of: ESCC-DR - Individual Placement and Support \(IPS\) employment support approach for people receiving community treatment for drug and alcohol dependence, published on the 25th June 2021 via the SE Shared Services Portal\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2cc4ad4c-37c3-465e-ac6d-11a8f59b00fc-515296)