Employment

Welcoming Work Environments Webinar video

Creating Welcoming Mental Health Work Environments, focuses on strategies for creating more welcoming work environments within mental health agencies for staff members with mental health conditions who work in non-peer specialist roles.

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Employment

Welcoming Work Environments

This document focuses on strategies for creating more welcoming work environments within mental health agencies for staff members with mental health conditions. It provides readers with a set of ideas and strategies that can be implemented to better support agency colleagues.

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Employment

The Roles of Peer Specialists in Promoting Competitive Employment

Because Pennsylvanias peer specialist programs are Medicaid-funded, this Policy Guidance focuses on what types of employment-related services are and are not reimbursable under existing Medicaid guidelines. The Policy Guidance can serve as a useful tool in other Medicaid-funded state settings.

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Employment

The Past and Future Career Patterns of People with Serious Mental Illness

This study examines career patterns of individuals with serious psychiatric disabilities before and after their involvement with mental health rehabilitation providers, CMHCs, psychiatric rehabilitation programs, and vocational rehabilitation services. New insights are provided.

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Employment

The Careers of the Direct Support Workforce in the MH, DD, and SA Inclusion Practices Systems

This report focuses on the entry-level workforce in mental health systems, presenting a portrait of their demographics, job roles, compensation, tenure, and job satisfaction. It offers recommendations to address training opportunities and career development challenges.

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Employment

Mainstream Career Training: Accessing Community Resources for People with Psychiatric Disabilities

This qualitative study interviews MH, VR, and Workforce Development providers in urban, suburban, and rural areas. It explores non-MH job training and placement programs for the general public and the challenges faced by people with psychiatric disabilities in accessing these mainstream public resources for work.

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Employment

Full Disclosure: When Mental Heath Professionals Reveal Their Mental Illness at Work

There is a growing recognition that many staff within mental health agencies have had or now have mental health conditions themselves. This document offers suggestions on program and practice initiatives to build even more welcoming work environments.

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Employment

Facilitator’s Manual: A Practical Guide for People with Mental Health Conditions Who Want to Work

This manual complements the Practical Guide to Employment, aiding counselors in various settings and providing structured approaches to using the Guide in groups of individuals with mental health conditions exploring employment options.

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Employment

Facilitating Circles of Support for People with Mental Illnesses in Employment Settings

This manual is a training tool to assist staff in implementing the use of Circles of Support approaches in Supported Employment settings for people with psychiatric disabilities. Developed with support from the TU Collaborative by the University of Dentistry of New Jersey.

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Employment

Employment Programming: Addressing Prevailing Barriers to Competitive Work

This policy brief developed for the Center for Behavioral Health Services and Criminal Justice Research, summarizes research on effective strategies to help individuals with psychiatric disabilities who have had contact with the criminal justice system to reenter competitive employment.

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Employment

Creat�ing Welcoming Mental Health Work Environments

“This document focuses on strategies for creating more welcoming work environments within mental health agencies for staff members with mental health conditions.”

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Employment

A Practical Guide for People with Mental Health Conditions Who Want to Work

This guide comprises 15 illustrated chapters, providing essential information on work importance, rehab programs, Social Security work incentives, job challenges, disclosure, and long-term success. Aimed at individuals with mental health conditions for independent use or in return-to-work groups.

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Employment