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The last ï¬ve years have seen dramatically increased interest among users, professionals and the government in enabling people with mental health problems to gain employment. Many new projects have been started with a range of different approaches, including supported employment, transitional employment, social ï¬rms and co-operatives. In this issue we hear of another model â the âconsumer-run businessâ â describing the work of INCube in New York, told from the perspective of a German social ï¬rms expert. The reasons for all this activity are not hard to ï¬nd and are set out clearly in the Sainsbury Centre/OUTSETâs admirable book Working It Out (Pozner et al., 1996). Firstly, users themselves want to work, because employment, as we can see from this and previous issues of A life in the day improves the quality of peopleâs lives in more ways than relieving their poverty. Secondly, the high levels of unemployment among people with a history of serious mental ill health (around 80â85% according to the most recent surveys) are a scandalous waste of lives and resources. This compares with studies in the UK and Germany which suggest that 30â40% of people in this group are capable of holding down a
A Life in the Day – Pier Professional
Published: Aug 1, 1998
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