University of Illinois, IL, USA.
Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2012 Winter;35(3):171-9. doi: 10.2975/35.3.2012.171.179.
Supported Employment (SE) can help transition age youth and young adults to obtain employment and develop meaningful careers and financial security.
The purpose of this analysis is to examine the role of SE in achieving employment outcomes for youth (ages 18-24) and young adults (ages 25-30), compared to outcomes for older adults. Given the importance of employment to the quality of life of young people in establishing work histories and starting careers, it is important to have a better understanding of what client and program characteristics result in better employment outcomes.
Data are from the Employment Intervention Demonstration Program (EIDP), a multisite randomized controlled trial of SE among 1,272 individuals with psychiatric disabilities in 7 states.
Among all study participants, youth and young adults had significantly better outcomes in terms of any employment and competitive employment than older (>30 years) adults. However, in multivariable models of participants randomly assigned to SE, young adults had significantly better outcomes than youth or older adults. Other significant predictors of employment and competitive employment were future work expectations, not receiving Supplemental Security Income, and receipt of more hours of SE services. Characteristics of youth, young adults and SE programs that enhance employment are discussed in terms of policy and practice.
支持性就业（SE）可以帮助青年和年轻成年人获得就业机会，发展有意义的职业和财务保障。
本分析的目的是研究 SE 在实现青年（18-24 岁）和年轻成年人（25-30 岁）就业结果方面的作用，与成年（>30 岁）人的结果进行比较。鉴于就业对年轻人建立工作历史和开始职业生涯的生活质量的重要性，了解哪些客户和计划特征导致更好的就业结果非常重要。
数据来自就业干预示范计划（EIDP），这是一项在 7 个州对 1272 名精神残疾者进行 SE 的多地点随机对照试验。
在所有研究参与者中，青年和年轻成年人在任何就业和竞争性就业方面的结果明显优于成年（>30 岁）人。然而，在随机分配到 SE 的参与者的多变量模型中，年轻成年人的就业和竞争性就业结果明显优于青年或成年。未来工作期望、未领取补充保障收入以及接受更多 SE 服务时间是就业和竞争性就业的其他显著预测因素。讨论了青年、年轻成年人和增强就业的 SE 计划的特征，涉及政策和实践。
