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New PWR Coordinator

Tracie E. Campbell, MS, CRC is the new coordinator for Project Working Recovery (PWR). She holds a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling and Vocational Evaluation from East Carolina University. Tracie has worked at PWR for a year serving as a clinician for individuals in recovery from substance abuse. Previously Tracie was involved in the rehabilitation of diverse populations including individuals with intellectual disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, substance abuse/dependence, and at risk youth.

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About PWR

Project Working Recovery or PWR is a service research project funded for 3 years (2007-2010) by the Katherine B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. The mission of PWR is to assist individuals to choose, get, and keep a job, as a means to sustain their recovery from addiction.

The purpose of PWR is to provide a state-of-the-art employment intervention to augment standard substance abuse treatment for adults in rural, eastern NC. The PWR employment intervention integrates best-practices for adults with substance abuse and employment issues. PWR is supported by the East Carolina University Department of Rehabilitation Studies, which is housed within the College of Allied Health Sciences in the Health Sciences Building.

Services are delivered in the Vocational Evaluation/Career Assessment and Counseling Labs. Services include recruitment with partner agencies at their site, intake with plans for employment, assessment of employability and assistance with job finding. Working It Out, a computer based curriculum modified for persons in recovery, is used to help consumers choose, get and keep a job. Motivational interviewing is used to support these efforts.  Program participants are eligible for incentives of vouchers for a dose of methadone, McDonald's gift cards, bus passes or other incentives.  Click here for more information.

The Project is staffed with two co-directors, Drs. Paul Toriello and Steven Sligar, three coordinators, Tracie Campbell, Leigh Atherton and Stirling Schwiebert, and case managers, who are masters students.

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Project Reports

Click on PWR Job Placement Report 2008 to view listing of jobs obtained by PWR consumers.  Also included are demographic information, job titles and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Titles and Codes.

View PWR consumer jobs to view a report of job placements since program inception to 02/06/2009.  Listed information includes the Dictionary of Occupational Titles code number, job title and industry designation.

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Research Reports

Toriello, P. J., Atherton, W. L., Sligar, S. R., Campbell, T., & Zeng, X. (2009). Project working recovery: An innovative intervention for unemployed substance abusers (poster presentation). American Counseling Association Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC. March.W

eaver, L. (2008, October). Project Working Recovery: Employment outcome report. Poster Session at the state conference of the North Carolina Rehabilitation Counseling Association and Vocational Evaluation & Work Adjustment Association Conference, Atlantic Beach, NC.

Atherton, L., Sheaffer, B., Cubero, C., Sligar, S.R., & Toriello, P.J. (2008, April). Project Working Recovery: Service and outcome evaluation. Poster session presented at the annual Research and Creative Activity Week, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

Cubero, C., Atherton, L., Sligar, S.R., & Toriello, P.J. (2008, March) Project Working Recovery: Graduate learning opportunities. Poster session presented at the annual Service Learning Conference, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

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PWR Presented at National Conference

Dr. Steve Sligar, PWR Director of Career Development Services, and Leigh Atherton, & Chris Cubero, PWR Coordinators, provided a training session An Innovative Intervention for Unemployed Substance Abusers at the National Council of Rehabilitation Educators (NCRE) Conference on February 16, 2008 in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Paul Toriello, PWR Director of Clinical Counseling Services, and Dr. Xiaoming Zeng, PWR IT Consultant, helped to coauthor the presentation.

The presentation provided a description of the Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust initial funding to help people on methadone to find employment. Next, the presenters detailed how PhD and Masters students learn while providing the direct supervision (PhD) and services (MS). PhD students learn from Drs. Sligar & Toriello about administrative and clinical supervision. The MS students learn from the PhD students about how to link their theories of counseling and service while working with consumers who need to choose, get and keep a job. To view the PowerPoint presentation click on 2008_02_16 NCRE.