Transition Plan

The Transition Plan is a collaborative IPS continuity tool for practitioners supporting people moving between services, providers, or phases of support. It helps preserve employment or education support by mapping the transition context, ongoing goal, responsibilities, supports to hand off, and practical next step.

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Tool guide

Learn more about this tool

Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.

When It Is Used

Use it when a change in service, provider, or support phase could interrupt employment or education support.

What It Captures

The plan captures transition context, ongoing goal, responsibilities, supports to preserve or hand off, unresolved gaps, and a practical next step.

Limitations

The tool stays bounded to vocational support continuity and does not replace discharge planning, scheduling, or referral management.

Is the Transition Plan a discharge plan?

No. It is limited to preserving employment or education support through a transition.

Can responsibilities remain unresolved?

Yes. Unresolved responsibility gaps can remain visible until they are clarified.

Does the person see the plan?

Yes. The shared experience shows the transition path, continued goal, support responsibilities, and next step in plain terms.