“Navigating Between Unpredictable Icebergs”: A Meta-Ethnographic Study of Employment Specialists’ Contributions in Providing Job Support for People with Mental Illness

Conclusion. Our iceberg metaphor illustrates the importance of employment specialists being competent in addressing clients ’ work performance difficulties related not only to the individual’s illness, age, gender, and cultural-related challenges, but also to psychosocial, behavioral, and environmental workplace factors. Given the effects of the specific characteristics of the working alliance developed in supported employment, we suggest that employment specialists’ training and supervision be enriched by paying more attention to these important relational processes.
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research