Supported employment: a three-way partnership.
This article outlines changes over the years in patients' vocational and industrial training at Whitby Psychiatric Hospital in Greater Metropolitan Toronto. The transition from traditional workshops to an integrated community-based vocational training program--supported employment--is discussed, as is the importance of partnership among the hospital, the client, and the employer for success in such a program.
Duncan
J
J
Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, Ontario.
Eull
J
J
D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations / Q000191:economics*; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000191:economics*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009864:Ontario; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D000078329:Workforce