Supported versus sheltered employment: Cumulative costs, hours worked, and wages earned

Cimera, Robert Evert

doi:10.3233/jvr-2011-0556

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“…Its termed 'hybrid' because they do not conform to the full criteria of sheltered employment. This correlates with the evidence that although service users of other supported-employment programs earned more wages, service users of sheltered employment (hybrid model) actually worked for a longer duration of time (Cimera, 2011). An RCT in the same study site reported that although the IPS program produced significantly higher competitive employment rates than that of the hybrid model, the hybrid model was better in other vocational outcomes in terms of likelihood of employment and higher number of employment days in any type of paid employment (Chua & Abu Bakar, 2015).…”

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Occupational Participation of Persons with Schizophrenia: Exploring Issues of Job-Termination in Supported-Employment

Niap¹,

Bakar²,

Loh³

2020

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Occupational participation in a supported-employment is a rehabilitation strategy to improve both vocational and non-vocational domains of people with psychiatric disabilities, enabling them to access and/or re-enter employment. This study aims to identify the factors associated with unsatisfactory job-termination among the participants of supported-employment to inform future intervention. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a group (with a diagnosis of schizophrenia) who participated in a supported-employment program in a large psychiatry institution in Malaysia. Within the first week of job termination, interviews were conducted with three subgroups independently - the participants, the employers and the hospital employment specialists, using the Job-Termination Interview. Factors linked to job-termination and job-accommodation were analysed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression.Key reasons for job termination were- poor job performance (n = 32; 47.1%), interpersonal issue (n = 31; 45.6%), medical illnesses (n = 30, 44.1%), incompatibilities between work-schedule and environment (n = 30; 44.1%), and job-dissatisfaction (n = 29, 42.6%). Key factor for sustaining job/ job-accommodation was “higher pay” (n = 4; 33.3%). Overall, an unsatisfactory trend of job terminations was observed where many (n = 53; 77.9%) quit their job without a ready job at hand. Unsatisfactory job-terminations were associated with three factors -(i). Enrolment in the Individual Placement-Support (IPS) (Adj. OR = 10.70, 95% CI 1.32-86.98, p = 0.012), (ii). Unstable medical issues (Adj. OR = 22.51, 95% CI 1.74-291.08, p = 0.003), (iii). Interpersonal issues (OR = 18.26, 95% CI: 2.24-149.15, p < 0.001).Most participants terminated their jobs in an unsatisfactory manner (77.9%). A high 63.2 percent quit their job without another ready-job at hand, while 14.7 percent were fired. Unsatisfactory job-endings were correlated to, poor job-performance, interpersonal problems and medical illnesses. Occupational re-entry intervention program must be tailored to the individual levels and needs, and be fully integrated within the clinical system to ensure job-person-environment fit, in order to improve job-experience and to lower unfavourable job terminations.

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Occupational Participation of Persons with Schizophrenia: Exploring Issues of Job-Termination in Supported-Employment

Niap¹,

Bakar²,

Loh³

2020

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“…This corroborates many other studies (cf. Cimera, 2011;Kregel et al, 1989;Thompson et al, 1992) and adds credence to the notion that supported employment is cost-efficient from the worker's perspective, even when the individual has significant and multiple disabilities.…”

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The Percentage of Supported Employees With Significant Disabilities Who Would Earn More in Sheltered Workshops

Cimera

2017

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

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This study examined the percentage of 21,257 supported employees served by 74 state-federal vocational rehabilitation agencies in 2013 who would have earned more wages in sheltered workshops than in the community. It found that the overwhelming majority of supported employees earned more in their communities at all wage comparison points; however, substantial differences in wages were identified according to the participant’s disability type, occupation, vocational rehabilitation agency, and the region in which they lived.

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“…Integrated employment for people with disabilities translates to improved quality of life (Bayer, Brown, Akandi, & Rapley, 2010), improved self-esteem (Petrovski, 1997;Wehman, Inge, Revell, & Brooke, 2007), and improved wages (Cimera, 2012;Cimera & Burgess, 2011). For example, Cimera (2012) reviewed the literature on the economics of supported employment and found that wages of individuals with disabilities had increased by 31.2% since the 1980s while wages of sheltered workshop employees had decreased by 40.6% during the same period.…”

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Customized employment: A review of the literature

Riesen

Morgan

Griffin

2015

JVR

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BACKGROUND: Customized employment (CE) is a strategy that has shown promise in improving poor employment outcome for individuals with disabilities. The term customized employment was first used in 2001 and originated from efforts by the Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide access to One-Stop centers and improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities. More recently, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) contained a number of provisions and modifications to the Rehabilitation Act that more formally recognized CE as service delivery option. Specifically, WIOA modified the definition of supported employment to include CE and provided a formal definition in the statute. Given its recognition at the federal policy level, it is increasingly important to ensure that practitioners and adult service systems are implementing evidence-based practices associated with CE service delivery. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review, therefore, is to examine the existing literature to identify the underlying conceptual and empirical basis for CE and to make recommendations for future research. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this review indicate that CE is contributing to positive integrated employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. More research is needed to replicate, validate, and establish the evidence base for CE.

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Supported versus sheltered employment: Cumulative costs, hours worked, and wages earned

Cited by 18 publications

References 5 publications

Occupational Participation of Persons with Schizophrenia: Exploring Issues of Job-Termination in Supported-Employment

Occupational Participation of Persons with Schizophrenia: Exploring Issues of Job-Termination in Supported-Employment

The Percentage of Supported Employees With Significant Disabilities Who Would Earn More in Sheltered Workshops

Customized employment: A review of the literature

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