Working Toward Employment: A Journey of Growth and Support

• By: Nancy Harvey, LMSW Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
• January 22nd, 2024
• behavioral health services, employment, employment goals, mental illness, older adults, recovery, rehabilitation, trauma, trauma-informed care, Winter 2024 Issue
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As a young woman, Lisa was told that she would never work. She suffers from serious mental illness and has experienced multiple traumas during her lifetime. Now 59 years old, she lives in a supportive group home and is a participant in the Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) program at...