Vocational Rehabilitation: The Enable Employment Retention Scheme, a New Approach

Abstract

Enable is a ground-breaking service that was piloted in Shropshire to provide support for people with mental health problems in order for them to return to their work. It began in October 2002 and proved so successful that it has been extended and refunded on a permanent basis into the future. Because of the social and economic changes over the past decade, the time appears right for occupational therapists to reinvolve themselves in the area of employment. The project leader, an occupational therapist, makes the case for this new type of vocational rehabilitation.