| Summary: | 碩士 === 中國醫藥大學 === 護理學研究所 === 93 === Work is an important part of life, but it is difficult to achieve for people with mental illness. There are over 70% of People with mental illness experiencing unemployment. Several studies indicated that vocational rehabilitation programs for people with mental illness had showed limited success. Studies demonstrated that employment specialists played an important role during vocational rehabilitation programs. Recently, studies had showed that, to access competitive work, supported employment was the potential model for people with mental illness. The purpose of this study was to explore the process of supported employment for people with mental illness as experienced by employment specialists in Taiwan. A qualitative research was used to guide the study and in-depth interview was used to collect data. A purposive sampling was used to recruit ten employment specialists from seven employment service institutions and hospitals. The results indicated that attitudes of professionals, characteristics of people with mental illness, acceptance of employers, family support, and incentives for supported employment programs were important factors to influence the vocational outcomes of supported employment. Understanding the supported employment for people with mental illness as experienced by employment specialist, we can increase nursing knowledge and provide effective nursing interventions for people with mental illness to improve their lives in community.
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