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dc.contributor.authorvan Veggel, Rhonda
dc.contributor.authorWaghorn, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorDias, Shannon
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-31T02:32:34Z
dc.date.available2018-07-31T02:32:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0308-0226
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0308022614567667
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/124983
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The aim of this research was to evaluate a large-scale implementation of evidence-based supported employment for people with severe mental illness, at 17 locations throughout Sussex, England. Method: A parallel group observational design was used to evaluate an implementation of the individual placement and support approach to supported employment. Three sites provided both a comparison pre-individual placement and support cohort (n ¼ 140), and a new post-individual placement and support cohort (n ¼ 107) as part of the individual placement and support implementation (n ¼ 446). All individual placement and support sites involved community mental health teams forming partnerships with Southdown Supported Employment to co-locate an employment specialist into each mental health team. The primary outcome was the proportion of participants commencing competitive employment during the follow-up period. Results: The new individual placement and support sites attained higher fidelity with respect to individual placement and support principles and practices (mean 97 of 125) than the pre-individual placement and support sites (mean 77 of 125). Significantly more individual placement and support participants commenced competitive employment than pre-individual placement and support participants (24.9% vs 14.3%). Individual placement and support participants experienced less delay before commencing their first job (153 vs 371 days), and when employed, worked more hours per week (24.3 vs 15.4 hours). Conclusion: This implementation of individual placement and support in Sussex improved on the previous vocational services. Although progress is encouraging there is much room for improvement. More resources appear needed to support programme development, specifically to strengthen site-level management, training, technical support, fidelity assessment, programme monitoring, and outcome evaluation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom286
dc.relation.ispartofpageto294
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Occupational Therapy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume78
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320299
dc.titleImplementing evidence-based supported employment in Sussex for people with severe mental illness
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWaghorn, Geoff R.


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