HELPING WITH EMPLOYMENT FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS (EXPERIENCE FROM THE TVER REGION)
This article presents the experience of arranging employment for persons with mental disorders in the Tver Region. The authors describe an innovative model of helping with employment for persons with disabilities caused by mental disorders. The essence of this model consists in interaction of specialists from different services, e.g. those from the Employment Centre, medico-social evaluation unit, psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers, in order to help to find an adequate job or employment for a person with restrictions. The authors describe in detail the contents of work of a social worker that specializes in finding employment for the clients of the Psychoneurological dispensary and give examples of communication with patients and their family members and also characteristics of different regional employment programs for persons with restrictions due to mental disorders. This article is intended for practitioners involved in psychosocial rehabilitation of mental patients.