Vocational outcomes of individuals with psychiatric disabilities participating in a supported competitive employment program | Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Center

Authors:	Xu, Y.W., Chan, C. C., Lam, C. S., Li-Tsang, C. W., Lo-Hui, K. Y., & Gatchel, R. J.
Year Published	2000
Publication	Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation
Volume	14
Number	3
Pages	247-256
Publisher	IOS Press
Background	Supported employment has emerged in recent years as a viable employment service alternative for individuals with chronic mental illness. Numerous reports demonstrate enhanced vocational outcomes in the areas of employment rate, job retention rate, job tenure, and earnings for individuals with chronic mental illness.
Purpose	This study provides information about vocational outcomes of individuals with psychiatric disabilities participating in a supported competitive employment (SCE) program.
Setting	The setting was a community based supported competitive employment program.
Sample	The sample was 458 individuals with chronic mental illness.
Data Collection	Demographic and employment data was collected by the employment specialists during the study.
Control	The comparison condition was traditional Vocational Rehabilitation.
Findings	Of the 458 subjects, 308 (67.3%) obtained competitive employment. The mean job tenure was 134 days. The mean salary was $4,740 for full-time jobs and was $2,321 for part-time jobs. The majority of subjects (59.4%) could sustain their job placement for more than 30 days, 74 (24.0%) subjects could work for more than six months, and 38 (12.3%) could maintain the job for more than one year.
Conclusions	Subjects who became employed were compared to those who did not gain employment on a variety of demographic variables. Significant differences were found between two groups in terms of sex and source of referral. The rate of employment in the current study was slightly higher, but the job retention rate was lower than in earlier studies. Recommendations for future research on evaluation of the effectiveness of SCE program are suggested.
URL	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12441521
Disabilities	Emotional disturbance
Populations	Male & Female
Outcomes	Employment acquisition \| Full-time employment \| Increase in tenure \| Part-time employment \| Wages
NIDILRR Funded	No
Research Design	Quasi-experimental
Peer Reviewed	Yes

Year Published

2000

Publication

Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation

Volume

14

Number

3

Pages

247-256

Publisher

IOS Press

Background

Supported employment has emerged in recent years as a viable employment service alternative for individuals with chronic mental illness. Numerous reports demonstrate enhanced vocational outcomes in the areas of employment rate, job retention rate, job tenure, and earnings for individuals with chronic mental illness.

Purpose

This study provides information about vocational outcomes of individuals with psychiatric disabilities participating in a supported competitive employment (SCE) program.

Setting

The setting was a community based supported competitive employment program.

Sample

The sample was 458 individuals with chronic mental illness.

Data Collection

Demographic and employment data was collected by the employment specialists during the study.

Control

The comparison condition was traditional Vocational Rehabilitation.

Findings

Of the 458 subjects, 308 (67.3%) obtained competitive employment. The mean job tenure was 134 days. The mean salary was $4,740 for full-time jobs and was $2,321 for part-time jobs. The majority of subjects (59.4%) could sustain their job placement for more than 30 days, 74 (24.0%) subjects could work for more than six months, and 38 (12.3%) could maintain the job for more than one year.

Conclusions

Subjects who became employed were compared to those who did not gain employment on a variety of demographic variables. Significant differences were found between two groups in terms of sex and source of referral. The rate of employment in the current study was slightly higher, but the job retention rate was lower than in earlier studies. Recommendations for future research on evaluation of the effectiveness of SCE program are suggested.

URL

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12441521

Disabilities

Emotional disturbance

Populations

Male & Female

Outcomes

Employment acquisition | Full-time employment | Increase in tenure | Part-time employment | Wages

NIDILRR Funded

No

Research Design

Quasi-experimental

Peer Reviewed

Yes