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Integrating fieldwork into employment counseling for methadone‐treatment patients
Author(s) -
Blankertz Laura,
Spinelli Michael,
Magura Stephen,
Bali Priti,
Madison Elizabeth M.,
Staines Graham L.,
Horowitz Emily,
Guarino Honoria,
Grandy Audrey,
Fong Chunki,
Gomez Augustin,
Dimun Amy,
Friedman Ellen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2005.tb00905.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , methadone , logistic regression , career counseling , psychology , work (physics) , population , medicine , family medicine , psychiatry , applied psychology , pedagogy , environmental health , engineering , mechanical engineering
An innovative employment counseling model, Customized Employment Supports, was developed for methadone‐treatment patients, a population with historically low employment rates. The effectiveness of a key component of the model, “vocational fieldwork,” the delivery of services in the community rather than only within the clinic, was assessed through a quasi‐experimental study of the first 55 patients receiving the model in 2 clinics. Employment outcomes after 6 months were compared between patients who received vocational fieldwork ( n = 18) and those who did not ( n = 37). Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that patients receiving vocational fieldwork had significantly better outcomes for competitive work, informal work, and any paid work.