Stress and burnout: how to manage your time and avoid stress as an employment specialist

Abstract

In the session entitled Stress and burnout — you've got to be kidding!!!! (How to manage your time and avoid stress as an employment specialist), the presenters shared the results of a study of employment specialists. The study examined how these individuals in the metropolitan Washington, DC area are coping with the pressures of their exciting but ever-demanding jobs. Information was provided to educate employment specialists on how to recognize stress and identify factors which may contribute to it. Suggestions for proactive strategies to reduce the occurrence of stress were offered, along with recommendations on how to effectively manage time and cope with stress when it inevitably occurs. Managers of supported employment programs were also offered ideas about providing quality supports to one of their best customers, the employment specialist.