How will mental health authorities know if they have a successful program?
How successful a supported employment program is in improving outcomes depends, in part, on how closely the program follows the supported employment practice. Programs that only partially adopt the practice or that are allowed to “drift” back into old ways of providing services may not produce the beneficial outcomes associated with supported employment. The Supported Employment Fidelity Scale is a 15-item scale that measures adherence to supported employment. Evidence indicates that programs that score high on this fidelity scale have better employment outcomes. Refer to the Supported Employment Fidelity Scale in the supported employment resource kit for more information. For more information: Refer to the Supported Employment Implementation Resource Kit’s Implementation Tips for Public Mental Health Authorities for more information. The resource kit also contains copies of research articles and an annotated bibliography in the User’s Guide.
