How peer support can assist job-seekers with a disability move into work. Issue 1 (1st July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dorstyn, Diana; Murphy, Gregory; Potter, Elizabeth; Craig, Ashley
• Is Part Of: Australian journal of rehabilitation counselling. Volume 26:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 7
• Page End: 11
• Publication Date: 2020-07-01
• Subjects: Employment, -- social support, -- spinal cord injury, -- rehabilitation, -- self-efficacy; Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; 362.40486
• DOI: 10.1017/jrc.2020.3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1323-8922

Abstract

Abstract: Anecdotally, there are frequent reports that peer-facilitated initiatives can be successfully used in employment services. However, in Australia, there is little information about how to effectively deliver peer support. In this paper, we discuss how peer-based interventions might be used to supplement formal return-to-work services and contribute to positive job-seeking outcomes. We illustrate the potential of vocational peer support using a real situation involving a young adult who successfully returned to work soon after sustaining a traumatic injury. Future research should explore the inclusion of various peer support structures and formats as a component of other employment services, to help people with long-term conditions and disabilities achieve a range of vocational outcomes and to guide practice in this area.