An Analysis of the Activities of Employment Specialists in a Natural Support Approach to Supported Employment

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlene D. Unger ◽  
Wendy Parent ◽  
Karen Gibson ◽  
Kelly Kane-Johnston ◽  
John Kregel
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
Natural Support ◽  
Employment Specialists

scholarly journals Good fences make good neighbors: Collaborating with families to create employment opportunity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Bethany Chase
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Employment Success ◽  
Job Match ◽  
Employment Supports ◽  
Job Coaches ◽  
Employment Specialists

BACKGROUND: Collaboration between supported employment providers and parents/guardians of job seekers with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities is key to employment success. However, parents are often concerned about the efficacy of employment supports or the capacity of the professionals providing the service. Likewise, job coaches may consider certain kinds of parent involvement as detrimental to a successful job match. OBJECTIVE: This article provides context for why parents/guardians may be distrustful of the employment process, as well as why employment specialists may struggle to build strong partnerships with parents/guardians. METHODS: This article will discuss how to implement practices that not only welcome the critical input of families, but also maintain healthy and well-defined boundaries that affirm the autonomy, professionalism, and competence of the worker.

Natural Supports: Reconceptualizing Job Coach Roles

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat Rogan ◽  
David Hagner ◽  
Stephen Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Work Site ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
Employees With Disabilities ◽  
Natural Supports ◽  
Job Coach ◽  
Personal Connections ◽  
Natural Support

This article presents four case examples that illustrate various strategies used by agency personnel to promote job supports for employees with disabilities while minimizing the intrusion of supported employment personnel. Specific strategies include: (a) using personal connections to enhance social support, (b) matching individual preferences and attributes to work-site social climates, (c) collaborating with work-site personnel to develop adaptations and modifications, (d) facilitating and supporting the involvement of work-site personnel; and (e) providing general consultation focused on person-environment factors that promote both the success of the supported employee and the overall business. Each of these strategies is discussed within a natural support framework in relation to reexamining job coach roles. The implications of the four case examples are discussed and areas for further research are suggested.

scholarly journals Implementing evidence-based supported employment

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 244-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Rinaldi ◽  
Rachel Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Client Outcomes ◽  
Individual Placement And Support ◽  
Individual Client ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Work Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Individual Placement ◽  
Employment Specialists

Aims and MethodWe evaluated the impact of implementing the individual placement and support (IPS) approach within eight community mental health teams (CMHTs) in two London boroughs. Demographic, clinical and vocational data were collected enabling a comparison of the number of people supported in work/education and individual client outcomes at 6 and 12 months.ResultsFollowing the integration of employment specialists there were significant increases in the number and proportion of clients engaged in mainstream work or educational activity at 6 months and 12 months. The employment specialists supported 38% in open employment at 6 months and 39% at 12 months.Clinical ImplicationsThe results support the use of IPS in clinical practice in CMHTs.

Journeys to work: the perspective of client and employment specialist of “Individual Placement and Support” in action

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Miller ◽  
Suzanne Clinton-Davis ◽  
Tina Meegan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Individual Placement And Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employment Specialist ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
Individual Placement ◽  
Employment Specialists

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide the personal accounts of the journey back to work from the perspective of both the person entering employment and the Employment Specialist who assisted them. Design/methodology/approach – Two people with mental health problems who received help into employment from an employment service in a London Mental Health Trust were asked to give write their accounts of their journey. The Employment Specialists who assisted them in this journey were also asked to write their accounts. Findings – Reflective accounts – no findings presented. Originality/value – Much has been written about the effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support evidence-based supported employment, but little has been published about the lived experience of this approach from the perspective of both the person endeavouring to return to work and the employment specialists who support them. This paper presents two such accounts.

scholarly journals Work Experiences and Challenges to Employment Sustainability for People With Mental Illness in Supported Employment Programs

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110335
Author(s):  
Janki Shankar ◽  
Lun Li ◽  
Shawn Tan
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Employment Outcomes ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sustainable Employment ◽  
Employment Specialists

Supported employment (SE) is an evidence-based program that has shown much promise in helping people with severe mental illnesses (SMIs) to gain and sustain competitive employment. However, there are significant variations in employment outcomes across SE programs in Canada that can be partly explained by SE service users’ experiences in their work environment. The work environment can exert a considerable influence on the interest in and ability to sustain the employment of a person with an SMI. This study explores the work experiences of individuals with SMIs who are involved in an SE program and who understand the challenges of and barriers to sustaining such employment. Semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 individuals with SMIs, and the data were analyzed using a constructivist grounded theory approach. Challenges to the employment sustainability of an individual with SMI were found to arise primarily from three intersecting contexts: the SE program, the work environment, and the larger Canadian labor market. The findings suggest that SE programs will better promote employment sustainability if they adhere closely to individual placement and support model of SE. SE service providers (employment specialists) must be equipped with a wide range of knowledge and skills to meet the needs of individuals with SMIs if sustainable employment is to be achieved. It is recommended that there must be investment in training for employment specialists to assist SE service users to achieve sustainable employment outcomes.

Squeezing Long-Term Supports Out of a Short-Term Program: Independence Issues and Supported Employment

1989 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Nisbet ◽  
Pat Rogan ◽  
David Hagner
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Natural Support ◽  
Funding Formulas

The current dilemmas associated with the philosophy behind independence and supported employment are presented. In particular the authors define the concept of independence in rehabilitation in several ways: independence as productivity, Independence as the absence of barriers, independence as autonomy, and independence as the absence of support. These various definitions are consistent with many supported employment practices but have been narrowly defined for the purposes of funding and regulations. Additionally, the authors present one state's implementation of supported employment, as an example of the competing goals of state funding formulas and the need for long-term supports. A need for new funding formulas and regulations directed at ongoing and natural support is explained.

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