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Mental health service users' experiences of returning to paid employment
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posted on 2023-08-30, 13:26 authored by Melanie J. Boyce, Jenny Secker, Robyn L. Johnson, Mike Floyd, Bob Grove, Justine Schneider, Jan SladeResearch into mental health and employment has focused largely on people who are unemployed. This paper reports the experiences of 20 clients of employment support agencies who had succeeded in returning to work. A number of barriers to getting back to work were identified, but receiving employment support could enable people to overcome them. There was consistency with previous studies of factors associated with high and low levels of job satisfaction. Even those participants who were less satisfied with their jobs identified benefits and none described any negative effects. The quality of the employment support provided was important, including advice and counselling during the job search, enabling informed choice about disclosure and support in work. Job retention targets are required for funding programmes in addition to placement targets. Further research into the timing and processes of disclosure and into occupational health screening processes would be helpful.
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Refereed
- Yes
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23Issue number
1Page range
77-88Publication title
Disability and SocietyISSN
1360-0508External DOI
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Taylor & FrancisFile version
- Accepted version
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- eng
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2010-10-20Legacy creation date
2020-06-08Legacy Faculty/School/Department
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