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Name	Ms Tawanda Machingura
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The research
Summary	This paper describes a pilot survey about the employment status of mental health consumers seen by the Hamilton-Huntly team in the Waikato region.
Objectives	The overall aim is to establish the service users' current employment status in the Hamilton-Huntly team, and suggest a way forward.
Study design	All clinicians in the Hamiltion-Huntly team were asked to complete a questionnaire designed by the author, to record the number of clients who were: employed for more than 20 hours per week, doing a course or undergoing some training, not attending a course and not employed, or on an invalids benefit. Data on the employment status of 125 consumers was collected.
Methods	Survey
Results	63% participants were neither working or attending a course, 22% were employed for 20 hours or more, 8% were engaged in part-time employment, 7% were doing a course
Conclusions	The author concludes by recommending that adult mental health service providers should employ occupational therapists as employment specialists within multi-disciplinary treatment teams to achieve better employment outcomes.
Key Descriptors	Employment
Disciplines	Occupational Therapy, Support Work
Settings	Community
Diagnostic Categories	General
Populations	General Population
Other Keywords	Rehabilitation, supported employment, occupational therapy
Ethics approval	Yes
Academic led	No
Service led	No
How were service users involved	Participants of the research
Publication in peer review journal	Yes
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