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Developing high performing employment services for people with mental illness
Investigator(s) / AuthorsDeborah J Browne, Adel Stephenson, Jules Wright, Geoffrey Waghorn
| Principal contact | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mr Warren Elwin |
| Warren.Elwin@workwise.org.nz | |
| The research | |
| Summary | This analysis examined employment outcomes achieved by a supported employment service in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. |
| Objectives | The evaluation aimed to identify opportunities and challenges for ongoing service development, and to demonstrate how other employment services can use the methods and benchmarks in service development. |
| Study design | Service performance over 4 years was examined on multiple levels, and compared with outcomes recently reported by published international controlled trials with high fidelity to evidence-based practice in supported employment. |
| Methods | Evaluation, Quantitative |
| Results | As a segregated supported employment service, there were no formal arrangements to coordinate employment services with local mental health services. Despite this limitation, the service was high performing on a range of employment outcome variables. |
| Conclusions | With challenging economic times ahead, this analysis provides a timely framework for allied health professionals, supported employment and vocational rehabilitation service providers, to review their operations in comparison to established evidence-based practices and international benchmarks. |
| Key Descriptors | Employment |
| Disciplines | Multi disciplinary |
| Settings | Community |
| Diagnostic Categories | General |
| Populations | General Population |
| Other Keywords | evidence-based practice, international benchmarks, mental illness, psychiatric disabilities, supported employment |
| Ethics approval | No |
| Academic led | No |
| Service led | Yes |
| How were service users involved | Participants of the research |
| Publication in peer review journal | Yes |
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