A 30 Second Training for Providers of Services Supporting Persons with Mental Health Conditions in Their Vocational Recovery A 30 Second Training for Providers of Services

How Can You Support Vocational Recovery? Spread the word to clientele, families and supporters, and other providers: People with mental illnesses CAN work! And most WANT to work!

How Can You Support Vocational Recovery? Provide information & referrals for people, places and things that can help to choose, get & keep employment.

How Can You Support Vocational Recovery? Constantly provide, support, encouragement & persistent hope for achieving meaningful employment.

How Can You Support Vocational Recovery? Teach problem-solving skills that relate to the workplace, such as conflict resolution.

How Can You Support Vocational Recovery? Learn about Social Security Work Incentives to support your clientele to work while on benefits. It IS possible, and people may make more money while working than if they were not.

Supporting Vocational Recovery: A Quiz Read the statement below, and decide which option will finish the sentence the best: One of the most important things that you can do to support a person’s vocational recovery is: Make sure they know the risks of employment. Make sure they know about employment resources for choosing, getting & keeping jobs. Help them with a resume. 4. Help them to understand their diagnoses. continue

#2. was correct. continue

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Want to Know More? Check out the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Employment Repository https://cpr.bu.edu/resources/employment This training is made possible by a grant from the National Institute on Disability & Independent Living Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Grant # 90DP0096 and is the property of the Trustees of Boston University