1 / 13

T he Important Role Employment Plays In Recovery

T he Important Role Employment Plays In Recovery. Panel Participants:. Aminah McDonald - Worker Peggy Darmody – Guild Incorporated, IPS Project Director Jessica Norem – Guild Incorporated, IPS Employment Specialist Robert Reedy, Rise Inc , Mental Health Coordinator. Aminah’s Story:.

pavel
Download Presentation

T he Important Role Employment Plays In Recovery

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Important Role Employment Plays In Recovery

  2. Panel Participants: • Aminah McDonald - Worker • Peggy Darmody – Guild Incorporated, IPS Project Director • Jessica Norem – Guild Incorporated, IPS Employment Specialist • Robert Reedy, Rise Inc, Mental Health Coordinator

  3. Aminah’s Story: •   'I think this will be a good job and I got out of the food industry. I learned a lot from my last job and I know I have to have a balance between working and socializing at work' 

  4. Recovery • A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self directed life, and strive to reach full potential • Four dimensions of recovery • Health • Home • Purpose • Community • SAMHSA’s Working Definition of Recovery

  5. Ten Guiding Principles of Recovery • Hope • Person-Driven • Many Pathways • Holistic • Peer Support • Relational • Culture • Addresses Trauma • Strengths/Responsibility • Respect -SAMHSA’s Working Definition of Recovery

  6. PPrinciples ofIndividual Placement and Support • 1. Focus on Competitive Employment • 2. Eligibility is based on Client Choice • 3. Integration of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Services • 4. Attention to Client Preferences • 5. Personalized Benefits Counseling • 6. Rapid Job Search • 7. Systemic Job Development • 8. Time-Unlimited and Individualized Support

  7. What is a treatment team? Regular daily contact Ideally, ESs are co-located with MH Team Meet as least weekly to discuss cases & share clinical information Shared treatment plan decision making (consumer makes the final call) ESs coordinate employment plans with treatment team. Ideally one integrated case record Mental Health Treatment Team

  8. Who can work? • No one can accurately predict whether a particular individual will succeed • IPS research surprised many people when it showed high numbers of people succeeding at work • Research shows wanting to work is the most important predictor of success • Talk to people about work as soon as they begin to receive services • Even if people are very ill, you can make hopeful comments: “when you go back to work…” “If you decide to get a job”

  9. Working and Benefits • DB101 – Disability Benefits 101 • mndb101.org • Work Incentives Connection • www.mnworkincentives.com • Phone: 651-632-5113Toll-free: 1-800-976-6728 • Disability Linkage Line • www.MinnesotaHelp.info • 1-866-333-2466

  10. Resources • Dartmouth IPS Supported Employment Center http://sites.dartmouth.edu/ips/ • Vocational Rehabilitation Services http://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/disabilities/

  11. “The Power of Work“I finally got a job doing what I want to do and I don’t want to always have benefits. I am pumped.”“This job is exactly what I was looking for. I am excited to start and have a job.”“This is really good. I like seeing results when things are a mess”

More Related