WHAT IS WORKING Circleville, OH

WHAT IS WORKING Sharing Information & Resources Between MH & VR Continued Follow-Up With Consumer & Employer Seek Grant Funding

WHAT IS WORKING Be Solution Oriented ; The Default Answer Is Not “NO!” MH & VR Work Together Peer Successes = MORE Peer Successes

WHAT IS WORKING Informal Cross-Training Between MH & VR Good Working Relationship With Counselors & Case Managers Results In Better Outcomes For VR & Consumers

WHAT IS WORKING Use The “Choose-Get-Keep” Model Good Rapport With Employers Referral Form With Functional Limitations; What The Consumer Wants; & A Release For The Psychiatrist

WHAT IS WORKING Job Tryouts  Funded by grants  From rapport with employers, to paid experience, to placement  Results in placement 50% of the time

WHAT IS WORKING Athens, OH

WHAT IS WORKING Community Based Assessment  Leads to employment  Allows employer & consumer a graceful way to bow out

WHAT IS WORKING Job Coaching Works On Going Support By E.T.C.

WHAT IS WORKING Wooster, OH

WHAT IS WORKING Obtaining Employment Is A Peer Driven Process – Hearing Success Stories Results In More Consumer Successes The Goal Is A Job, Not A Pre-Vocational Activity

WHAT IS WORKING Agency Goal For Employment = Treatment Team Goal For Employment Listen To Your Instincts As A Service Provider; Think Outside The Box

WHAT IS WORKING Transitional Work Experiences In Mental Health Centers  2 Hours One Week, Maybe 4 The Next  Skill Attainment Planned Job Try-Out  Volunteer experience as a try-out

WHAT IS WORKING Consumer Run Organization Job Club Has Resulted In Placements Emphasis On Recovery Works – “Recovery Is The Context For Employment”

WHAT IS WORKING Networking With Other Agencies Open Communication With Clinical Team Members

WHAT IS WORKING Columbus, Ohio

WHAT IS WORKING Project Work  Day employment for consumers  Consumers choose the type of work & the days & hours of work  Consumers are paid for their work at the end of the day – immediate positive refinforcement

WHAT IS WORKING Peer Approach To Employment Contact Between MH & VR  Buy-in from entire team  Includes VR Counselor, Case Manager, & Psychologist/Psychiatrist

WHAT IS WORKING VR Counselors Spend Half A Day Each Week At The Mental Health Center  Better communication with consumers  Better communication with MH Counselors

WHAT IS WORKING Ask Consumers To Do Something Physical Each Day  Reduction in depression symptoms  Builds stamina for work Give Accurate Information To Consumers  Housing, benefits, and vocational services

WHAT IS WORKING Proper Documentation At Referral To Reduce Time In System True Integration Of MH & VR Services, Not Just “Every Once In A While”

WHAT IS WORKING Specialization Of Caseloads = More & Better Outcomes Integration Of Voc. Specialist To A.C.T Teams – Show Consumers How To Write A Resume & Interview

WHAT IS WORKING Transition Team To Work With Consumer To Increase Readiness For Work (Youth Population)