Webinar: The Role of Employment in Recovery

Learning objectives:

· Learn why work matters and its impact on people’s recovery.

· Learn and apply the different IPS principles to support people’s recovery journey.

· Learn that integrated mental health treatment and employment services lead to better employment outcomes.

Ruth Brock, M.S., joined the IPS Employment Center in January 2020. Ruth provides IPS training, technical assistance, and fidelity reviews to states and countries in the IPS International Learning Community, as well as to other jurisdictions and contracts. Ruth educates leaders on infrastructure to implement IPS in a sustainable way. She serves as a seasoned vocational professional with decades of progressive multi-level responsibilities in service and program delivery for people with different abilities. Ruth is inspired by the words of singer/songwriter Toby Mac “yes, it’s going to be hard but hard is not impossible.”