Chapter 19: Employment and recovery in mental health care
1. Vocational support can be strengthened if provided alongside ___.
- Physical exercise
- Developing a social life
- Achieving a qualification
- All of the above
2. The main purpose of vocational support is to assist someone with ___.
- Finding a job that draws upon their service use experience
- Managing a structured daily routine of meaningful activity
- Claiming the welfare benefits they are entitled to
- Not taking on too much and becoming ill
3. If someone with a schizophrenia diagnosis is unemployed, those involved in their care should ___.
- Try to make sure they never have to work in a paid job again
- Help them to get into a paid job as soon as possible
- Stop them from applying for jobs until they are feeling better
- Positively support vocational goals, including employment
4. Vocational issue ought to be identified ___.
- Right at the beginning of somebody’s inpatient care
- Within 6 weeks of admission
- After they have been formally assessed by a psychiatrist
- When they say they are ready to go back to work
5. The main idea of ‘social inclusion’ is to make sure that ___.
- All people in society are valued and have rights
- Mental health inpatients can go on home visits
- Family, friends and neighbours are consulted about care decisions
- Service users know what services are available in their area
6. The work that mental health service users should be expected to do ___.
- Depends upon their illness diagnosis
- Is nearly always voluntary or part-time
- Changes according to what is happening in wider society
- Ought to be in a sheltered workshop with other service users
7. Vocational rehabilitation is a developmental learning process that should ___.
- Follow a standard timetable, so people get used to being disciplined
- Occur at the service user’s own pace
- Wait until somebody has been discharged from hospital
- None of the above