Visual Abstract: Campus Engagement for College Students with Mental Illnesses
A visual abstract detailing a published article on the campus experiences of college students with mental illnesses versus a general college sample.
Employment
These resources offer strategies and insights for promoting employment of individuals experiencing mental health challenges. They cover topics such as career patterns, workforce demographics, mainstream career training access, disclosure in the workplace, and practical guides for individuals with mental health conditions seeking employment.
Creating Welcoming Environments for Worker with Disabilities: Managing Cognitive Demand
This comic is a collaboration between Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (CeKTER) and the Temple University Collaborative (ACL grant #’s 90RTCP0001 & # 90RT5021). It is based on work by Gretchen Snethen, PhD, CTRS, and colleagues. The comic shows an example of how workers with disabilities can be supported at work.
Welcoming Work Environments Webinar video
Creating Welcoming Mental Health Work Environments, focuses on strategies for creating more welcoming work environments within mental health agencies for staff members with mental health conditions who work in non-peer specialist roles.
Welcoming Work Environments
This document focuses on strategies for creating more welcoming work environments within mental health agencies for staff members with mental health conditions. It provides readers with a set of ideas and strategies that can be implemented to better support agency colleagues.
The Roles of Peer Specialists in Promoting Competitive Employment
Because Pennsylvania’s peer specialist programs are Medicaid-funded, this Policy Guidance focuses on what types of employment-related services are and are not reimbursable under existing Medicaid guidelines. The Policy Guidance can serve as a useful tool in other Medicaid-funded state settings.
The Past and Future Career Patterns of People with Serious Mental Illness
This study examines career patterns of individuals with serious psychiatric disabilities before and after their involvement with mental health rehabilitation providers, CMHCs, psychiatric rehabilitation programs, and vocational rehabilitation services. New insights are provided.
The Careers of the Direct Support Workforce in the MH, DD, and SA Inclusion Practices Systems
This report focuses on the entry-level workforce in mental health systems, presenting a portrait of their demographics, job roles, compensation, tenure, and job satisfaction. It offers recommendations to address training opportunities and career development challenges.
Mainstream Career Training: Accessing Community Resources for People with Psychiatric Disabilities
This qualitative study interviews MH, VR, and Workforce Development providers in urban, suburban, and rural areas. It explores non-MH job training and placement programs for the general public and the challenges faced by people with psychiatric disabilities in accessing these mainstream public resources for work.
Full Disclosure: When Mental Heath Professionals Reveal Their Mental Illness at Work
There is a growing recognition that many staff within mental health agencies have had or now have mental health conditions themselves. This document offers suggestions on program and practice initiatives to build even more welcoming work environments.
Facilitator’s Manual: A Practical Guide for People with Mental Health Conditions Who Want to Work
This manual complements the Practical Guide to Employment, aiding counselors in various settings and providing structured approaches to using the Guide in groups of individuals with mental health conditions exploring employment options.