Working Life for People with Severe Mental Illness

Name: Working Life for People with Severe Mental Illness
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ISBN: 9780195131215

ISBN-10: 0195131215

ISBN-13: 9780195131215

Edition: 2003

Authors: Deborah R. Becker, Robert E. Drake

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Traditional approaches to vocational rehabilitation, such as skills training classes, job clubs, and sheltered employment, have not been successful in helping people with severe mental illness gain competitive employment. Supported employment, in which clients are placed in jobs and then trained by on-site coaches, is a radically new conceptual approach to vocational rehabilitation designed for people with developmental disabilities. The Individual Placement and Support (IPS)method utilizes the supported employment concept, but modifies it for use with the severely mentally ill. It is the only approach that has a strong empirical research base: rates of competitive employment are 40% or…

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List price: $92.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/12/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.30" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Illustrations



Conceptual and Empirical Support for Individual Placement and Support



Introduction



Conceptual, Historical, and Ideological Underpinnings of Supported Employment



Theoretical Underpinnings of Individual Placement and Support (IPS)



Introduction to the IPS Approach to Supported Employment



Research on IPS



Practice Guidelines for Implementing Supported Employment



Introduction to IPS



The Structure of IPS in the Mental Health Agency



Getting Started



Comprehensive, Work-based Assessment



Finding Jobs



Maintaining Jobs



Special Issues



Dual Diagnosis and Work



Highly Trained Individuals and Work



Supported Education



Work and Cultural Competence



Conclusions



Individual Employment Plan



Vocational Profile



Job Descriptions: Employment Specialist, Employment Coordinator



Sample Letters to Employers



Supported Employment Fidelity Scale and Implementation Questions


References


Suggested Readings


Index