A vocational intervention that enhances return to work after severe acquired brain injury: A pragmatic trial.

Background: Following a severe acquired brain injury, individuals often have low return to work rates. The Vocational Intervention Program (VIP), a partnership of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program community rehabilitation centres with external vocational rehabilitation providers in New South Wales, Australia, was developed to facilitate a return to competitive employment for working-age people.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of the VIP partnership model, this intervention was compared to outcomes from a health-based brain injury vocational rehabilitation centre (H-VR) or community brain injury rehabilitation centres ("treatment as usual"; TAU).

Validation of the work-ability support scale in individuals seeking to return to work after severe acquired brain injury.

Purpose: To assess the reliability and validity of the work-ability support scale (WSS) in a severe traumatic/acquired brain injury (TBI/ABI) population seeking to return to work (RTW).

Materials And Methods: One hundred forty-four clients were enrolled in a vocational rehabilitation (VR) intervention trial through the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program in New South Wales, Australia. Each client's primary brain injury clinician and VR provider completed the WSS pre- and post-intervention.

What Does It Take to Get Somebody Back to Work after Severe Acquired Brain Injury? Service Actions within the Vocational Intervention Program (VIP 2.0).

Little is known about service actions delivered in the complex intervention of vocational rehabilitation (VR) for people with severe acquired brain injury (ABI). Scale-up of the Vocational Intervention Program (VIP) across the 12 Community teams of the NSW Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program provided an opportunity to analyse the intensity and profile of actions delivered in providing VR programs. Seventy-two participants with severe TBI were supported in returning to either pre-injury employment (FastTrack, FT, = 27) or new employment (NewTrack, NT, = 50), delivered by two types of VR providers (Disability Employment Service DES; private providers).

Participation in competitive employment after severe traumatic brain injury: New employment versus return to previous (pre-injury) employment.

There is limited literature comparing the clinical and employment characteristics of clients accessing new employment with those resuming previous employment. To address this gap, a multi-centre observational study was conducted of all active clients with severe TBI from the 11 community rehabilitation services ( = 588) of the New South Wales Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program. Demographic, injury, clinical and vocational data were collected by treating clinicians employing a purpose-designed protocol.