Table of Contents

Part I: Conceptual and Empirical Support for Individual Placement and Support
1: Introduction
2: Conceptual, Historical and Ideological Underpinnings of Supported Employment
3: Theoretical Underpinnings of Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
4: Introduction to the IPS Approach to Supported Employment
5: Research on IPS
Part II: Practice Guidelines for Implementing Supported Employment
6: Introduction to IPS
7: The Structure of IPS in the Mental Health Agency
8: Getting Started
9: Comprehensive, Work-based Assessment
10: Finding Jobs
11: Maintaining Jobs
Part III: Special Issues
12: Dual Diagnosis and Work
13: Highly Trained Individuals and Work
14: Supported Education
15: Work and Cultural Competence
16: Conclusions
Appendices:
1: Individual Employment Plan
2: Vocational Profile
3: Job Descriptions: Employment Specialist, Employment Coordinator
4: Sample Letter to Employers
5: Supported Employment Fidelity Scale and Implementation Questions

Reviews

... those of us in the clinical and administrative fields can thank the authors of A Working Life for People with Severe Mental Illness for this clear, practical book on integrating work into clinical treatment. The authors, both well-known leaders in clinical and research aspects of vocational rehabilitaiton of persons with severe mental illness, set out to lay to rest the notion that only work in a sheltered environment - or perhaps no work at all - is appropriate for people with severe mental illness ... Becker and Drake have written an inspiring and thoughtful challenge to those of us working in mental health care - our patients can work, and there is an evidence-based practice that will support them to succeed. Ms Andrea Minichiello, Vocational Specialist on the PACT team at UMass-Community Healthlink in Worcester, Massachussetts, USA and Dr Jeffrey Stovall, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA