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- Title
Helping people with a mental illness obtain work: the Health Optimisation Program for Employment.
- Authors
Castle, David; Crosse, Caroline; Morgain, Dea; McDowell, Caitlin; Rossell, Susan; Thomas, Neil; Phillipou, Andrea; Gilbert, Monica; Moore, Gaye; Fossey, Ellie; Harvey, Carol
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Inclusion in work and education remains problematic for many people with a mental illness. We describe a structured programme - the Health Optimisation Program for Employment - that supported people with a mental illness to gain employment or commence studies.<bold>Method: </bold>Twenty hours of the Health Optimisation Program for Employment were delivered to 600 individuals. Participants were asked to complete an evaluation survey encompassing vocational status and ratings of self-efficacy.<bold>Results: </bold>Of the 364 participants who completed the baseline assessment, 168 responded to the evaluation survey 6 months after the delivery of the Health Optimisation Program for Employment. Of these, 21.5% had started a new job, while a further 42.8% were either volunteering or studying. Satisfaction with the programme was high and self-efficacy ratings improved significantly over the short term only.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The Health Optimisation Program for Employment requires further evaluation using rigorous scientific methodology but these initial results are encouraging in terms of vocational attainment for people with a mental illness, in the Australian context.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT of people with mental illness; SERVICES for people with mental illness; VOCATIONAL education; GOVERNMENT programs; VOLUNTEER service; SATISFACTION; MENTAL illness; HEALTH promotion; REHABILITATION of people with mental illness; SELF-efficacy; SUPPORTED employment
- Publication
Australasian Psychiatry, 2016, Vol 24, Issue 4, p337
- ISSN
1039-8562
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1039856216654400