"Watch your steps" - Community mental health professionals’ perspectives on the vocational
rehabilitation of people with severe mental illness
Engelsk titel: "Watch your steps" - Community mental health professionals’ perspectives on the vocational
rehabilitation of people with severe mental illness
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Författare:
Kinn, Liv Grete
;
Holgersen, Helge
;
Borg, Marit
;
Davidson, Larry
Email: liv.grethe.kinn@hib.no
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 60
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16113522
Sammanfattning
Community mental health services are expected to focus on vocational recovery. Thus, the aim
of this qualitative study was to explore Norwegian mental health professionals’ views of their clients’
potential for working and understanding of local vocational resources. Three focus group discussions
with 21 participants, covering supported housing, activity centers, and case management, revealed:
(1) viewing clients as vulnerable and not ready for employment and discovering their own lack of
belief in their clients’ vocational potential as a latent barrier, (2) laying stepping stones to everyday
life activities, from which clients could be launched into the community and meet new role
responsibilities, and (3) feeling skepticism toward the competence of vocational rehabilitation staff.
This study indicates that mental health professionals interviewed in these focus groups were
ambivalent toward supporting clients’ work potential. They primarily viewed their clients as having no
chance in the labor market.