Self-reported training needs of supported employment program managers in South Australia

Autor: Christine Ford, Jerry Ford
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability. 23:171-182
ISSN: 1469-9532
1366-8250
DOI: 10.1080/13668259800033671
Popis: Supported employment has been purported to offer a variety of economic and social opportunities for the employees who receive support services. However, the initiative also presents notable challenges for the professional staff who provide those services. The broad social context within which supported employment professionals find themselves is shifting rapidly. As a result, staff in supported employment settings must be responsive to changing environmental circumstances and to employees' needs, and be prepared to assume a variety of unique habilitative and business-oriented roles and responsibilities. Furthermore, they need to be cognisant of the dynamic nature of local and regionalised employment opportunities and sensitive to rapid changes occurring in the knowledge base and technology of supported employment service delivery. In the present study, 21 supported employment program managers in South Australia were surveyed to identify their priorities for training and support. Results indicated that the...
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