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Empowering Employment Support Integration: Evidence-Based Best Practices

Explore the integration principle in independent placement and support to achieve competitive employment with zero exclusion. Learn how employment specialists collaborate with clinical teams for individualized, unlimited support benefiting both employees and employers. Overcome challenges and find effective strategies for seamless integration.

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Empowering Employment Support Integration: Evidence-Based Best Practices

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  1. Independent Placement and Support -the evidence based best practice approach- • Competitive employment • Zero exclusion • Job search relates to individual preferences • Job search is immediate • Employment specialists and clinical teams are integrated • Support is time unlimited and individualised to both the employee and the employer • Welfare benefits counselling

  2. Exploring the Integration Principle • EC is attached to one or two MH treatment teams, from which 90-100% of the EC’s caseload is comprised • EC attends weekly MH treatment team meetings • EC participates actively in treatment team meetings with shared decision making • Employment services documentation is integrated into clients mental health plan • EC’s office is in close proximity/ shared with their MH treatment team members • EC helps the team think about employment for people who haven’t yet been referred to supported employment services

  3. Challenges • Time taken to achieve integration • Differences in organisational culture • Risk of isolation • Communication • Professional identity • Management and leadership

  4. Other Challenges • Training Strategies • Resources • Attitudes of mental health consumers • Confidentiality issues • Clinical staff filtering referrals • Managing workloads

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