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A Case Illustration of Strategies to Improve Employment Outcomes Among Individuals Receiving ACT Services

Ni Gao, Joni N. Dolce

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This article describes a New Jersey Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team's experience of enhancing employment outcomes. Through specific interventions focusing on increasing the team's skills and knowledge in providing employment services and commitment to this endeavor, this team was able to successfully improve consumer employment rates from 5% to 24% in a 12-month period. The strategies and interventions that can be generalized with other ACT teams with the goal of increasing employment outcomes are discussed.

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This article describes a New Jersey Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team's experience of enhancing employment outcomes. Through specific interventions focusing on increasing the team's skills and knowledge in providing employment services and commitment to this endeavor, this team was able to successfully improve consumer employment rates from 5% to 24% in a 12-month period. The strategies and interventions that can be generalized with other ACT teams with the goal of increasing employment outcomes are discussed.

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This article describes a New Jersey Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team's experience of enhancing employment outcomes. Through specific interventions focusing on increasing the team's skills and knowledge in providing employment services and commitment to this endeavor, this team was able to successfully improve consumer employment rates from 5% to 24% in a 12-month period. The strategies and interventions that can be generalized with other ACT teams with the goal of increasing employment outcomes are discussed.

Key concepts: Assertive community treatment, Psychological intervention, Supported employment, Mental illness, Psychology, Nursing, Assertiveness, Mental health

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