• Are attitudes in employees of public employment service in line with the principles of individual placement and support? A questionnaire-based survey 

      Brinchmann, Beate; Rinaldi, Miles; Sandtorv, Elisabeth; Moe, Cathrine Fredriksen; McDaid, David; Killackey, Eóin; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-13)
      A high proportion of people with severe mental illness (SMI) want to work, consider it essential for recovery, yet employment rates are low. Many employees in public employment services (PES) work according to traditional attitudes that people with SMI are unable to work and if they do, risk harm from work-related stress. These attitudes conflict with principles in evidence based vocational ...
    • Are attitudes in employees of public employment service in line with the principles of individual placement and support? A questionnaire-based survey 

      Brinchmann, Beate; Rinaldi, Miles; Sandtorv, Elisabeth; Moe, Cathrine Fredriksen; McDaid, David; Killackey, Eóin; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-13)
      A high proportion of people with severe mental illness (SMI) want to work, consider it essential for recovery, yet employment rates are low. Many employees in public employment services (PES) work according to traditional attitudes that people with SMI are unable to work and if they do, risk harm from work-related stress. These attitudes conflict with principles in evidence based vocational models ...
    • Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions on Individual Placement and Support Service Delivery in Northern Norway 

      Wittlund, Sina Marion; Butenko, Daniil; Brandseth, Oda Lekve; Brinchmann, Beate; Killackey, Eóin; McDaid, David; Rinaldi, Miles; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-17)
      Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based supported employment program that helps people with severe mental illness to achieve steady, meaningful employment in competitive mainstream jobs. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on IPS service delivery in Northern Norway between March and October 2020. In Norway, IPS is in the early ...
    • Implementing individual placement and support (IPS): the experiences of employment specialists in the early implementation phase of IPS in Northern Norway. The IPSNOR study 

      Moe, Cathrine Fredriksen; Brinchmann, Beate; Rasmussen, Line; Brandseth, Oda Lekve; McDaid, David; Killackey, Eóin; Rinaldi, Miles; Borg, Marit; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-20)
      Background - For decades there has been a continuous increase in the number of people receiving welfare benefits for being outside the work force due to mental illness. There is sufficient evidence for the efficacy of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for gaining and maintaining competitive employment. Yet, IPS is still not implemented as routine practice in public community mental health ...
    • Implementing individual placement and supportin Norway. From vocational rehabilitation to anemployment scheme 

      Moe, Cathrine Fredriksen; Brinchmann, Beate; Borg, Marit; McDaid, David; Rinaldi, Miles; Killackey, Eóin; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-16)
      We explore the implementation and development of individual placement and support (IPS) in Norway. IPS is an evidence-based practice for supporting people experiencing mental illness to obtain and maintain competitive employment. Implementation of IPS into routine practice has been challenged by different paradigms in vocational rehabilitation, health and welfare policies. Data were mainly collected ...