Self-reported training needs of supported employment program managers in South Australia

Supported Employment has been purported to offer a variety of economic and social opportunities for employees who receive support services. However the initiative also presents notable challenges for the professional staff who provide those services. The broad social context within which supported employment professionals find themselves is shifting rapidly. As a result, staff in supported employment settings must be responsive to changing enviromental circumstances and to employees 'needs' and be prepared to assume a variety of unique habilitative and business oriented roles and responsibilities. Furthermore, they need to cognisant of the dynamic nature of local and regionalised employment opportunities and senistive to rapid changes occuring in the knowledge base and technology od supported employment service delivery.[AJ].