Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
The Helen Ross McNabb Center proposes to implement the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) with adults in all of the Center’s preexisting eleven intensive outpatient programs for adults with substance use disorders already located in seven counties in rural, East Tennessee. The current substance use disorder treatment and recovery interventions are enhanced with this evidenced-based employment support program. The “Workforce Support” program aligns well with the Center’s philosophy/mission, as it is committed to helping 1000 unduplicated individuals over the life of the project with a substance use disorder work at competitive and integrated jobs of their choosing. The IPS model was developed by the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Institute to help promote the recovery of people who have serious mental illness or substance use disorders through work. This model is well defined by eight practice principles and a 25-item fidelity scale. Services offered include work incentives planning, ongoing vocational assessment, rapid job search assistance, job development, assertive engagement/outreach, and time-unlimited / individualized follow along supports. Services are intended to improve the recovery capital of individuals who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness and/or co-occurring disorder through work. Services are delivered to enhance quality of life, support rehabilitation, support the recovery/health/well-being of person served, increase stabilization, and improve over-all functioning. The project goals are to assist individuals in substance use disorder treatment participate in the workforce and to collaborate with a Interdisciplinary team to improve client outcomes. The objectives to reach these goals include face-to-face group and individual meetings to implement the IPS curriculum with clients, link clients to competitive employment, and support clients on their work journey. The team is assembled twice per month to review progress on goals and implement solutions for client progress and program sustainability.
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