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Occupational therapy and supported employment: is there any added value?
- Authors:
- PRIEST Becky, BONES Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 16(4), 2012, pp.194-200.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Drawing on a case study in Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, this paper explores the contribution of occupational therapy in supporting people with mental health problems to gain and maintain mainstream employment. It looks in particular at the use of the evidence-based individual placement and support model in delivery of the Trust's vocational strategy in cooperation with the third sector organisation Southdown Supported Employment, which involved occupational therapy professionals working with employment specialists. It describes how occupational therapists acted as vocational champions and includes details of the set of competencies developed for vocational champions. It explains that occupational therapists and employment specialists also jointly organised training to educate clinical teams on the importance of talking to clients about employment aspirations. It reports that occupational therapists are well placed to play a central role in embedding the individual placement and support model into clinical teams, as well as supporting the work of employment specialists.