Mental Health Employment · Netherlands
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The Dutch embedded job coaches inside psychiatric clinics. Then the numbers spoke.
Individual Placement and Support starts from a belief that still surprises people: most people with severe mental health conditions want to work, can work, and don't need to become well first. In the Netherlands, IPS employment specialists work directly inside psychiatric teams — in the same building, often the same room. The model gets people into real, paid, competitive employment now, then builds support around them. After 30 months, 46% of IPS participants were in competitive employment — roughly twice the rate of traditional vocational rehabilitation.
46% in competitive employment after 30 months · 2× the rate of traditional vocational rehab
