a Informed Thinking , London , UK.
b Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London , London , UK.
J Ment Health. 2018 Feb;27(1):45-51. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2016.1276527. Epub 2017 Jan 13.
Few employment programmes exist to support forensic service users with severe mental health problems and a criminal history. Little is known about how best to achieve this. The Employment and Social Inclusion Project (ESIP) was developed and piloted to support forensic service users into employment and vocational activities.
This pilot service evaluation aimed to assess the number of service users who secured employment/vocational activities and explored services users' and staff experiences.
Quantitative data were collected to record the characteristics of participating service users and how many secured employment and engaged in vocational activities. Eighteen qualitative interviews were conducted with service users and staff.
Fifty-seven service users engaged with the project, most were men (93.0%) and previously employed (82.5%). Four service users (7.0%) secured paid competitive employment. Eight (14.0%) gained other paid employment. Tailored one-to-one support to increase skills and build confidence was an important feature of the project. Creation of a painting and decorating programme offered training and paid/flexible work.
This exploratory project achieved some success in assisting forensic service users into paid employment. Further research to identify what works well for this important group will be of great value.
几乎没有专门的就业项目来支持有严重精神健康问题和犯罪记录的法医服务用户。目前还不太清楚如何才能最好地实现这一目标。就业和社会包容项目 (ESIP) 的开发和试点旨在支持法医服务用户就业和从事职业活动。
本试点服务评估旨在评估有多少服务用户获得了就业/职业活动，并探讨了服务用户和工作人员的经验。
收集了定量数据，以记录参与服务的用户的特征以及有多少人获得了就业和从事职业活动。对 18 名服务用户和工作人员进行了定性访谈。
57 名服务用户参与了该项目，其中大多数是男性（93.0%）和有过工作经验的人（82.5%）。有 4 名服务用户（7.0%）获得了有薪竞争就业。另有 8 人（14.0%）获得了其他有薪就业。量身定制的一对一支持以提高技能和增强信心是该项目的一个重要特点。创建绘画和装饰计划提供了培训和有薪/灵活的工作。
这个探索性项目在帮助法医服务用户获得有薪就业方面取得了一些成功。进一步研究确定哪些方法对这一重要群体有效将具有重要价值。
