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This paper evaluates a pilot study of a new mainstream employment pathway following ABI, called Employment CoLab.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1443964622000067_as2\"><jats:title>Method:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Employment CoLab was piloted across multiple industries using a mix of reasonable employer adjustments, insurance-funded supports and\/or access to capacity-building supports. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with four stakeholders; (1) Employees with ABI (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 5, age 31\u201349 years, time since injury M(R) = 11(4\u201326) years); (2) Employers\/co-workers (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 3); (3) Allied health professionals\/vocational providers (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 4); and (4) Injury insurance funders who hold portfolio responsibility for disability employment (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 5). An explorative economic evaluation was also conducted to compare the cost to the funder for Employment CoLab compared to traditional employment pathways.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1443964622000067_as3\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Employment CoLab offered a new approach for people with ABI to gain and sustain open employment. Four major themes were identified from participant interviews: valuing employment and diversity; barriers to mainstream employment; reflections on being employed; and being supported over time. The economic evaluation was unable to detect if the pathway was, or was not, less costly when compared to traditional employment pathways.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1443964622000067_as4\"><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Employment CoLab is a person-centred collaborative approach which, together with effective social disability insurance approaches, has built new opportunities for inclusive mainstream economic participation following ABI.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/brimp.2022.6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,30]],"date-time":"2022-05-30T13:51:31Z","timestamp":1653918691000},"page":"395-411","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["\u2018Yes, I\u2019ve got the job, but my challenge is keeping the job\u2019: an evaluation of a new pathway to open employment to meet the needs of people with acquired brain injury in Australia"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3108-2072","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Em","family":"Bould","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3127-6312","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Libby","family":"Callaway","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8825-5109","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Natasha K.","family":"Brusco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"67","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1443964622000067_ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1191\/1478088706qp063oa"},{"key":"S1443964622000067_ref29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0269215514554241"},{"key":"S1443964622000067_ref43","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/02699059409151017"},{"key":"S1443964622000067_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/oemed-2019-106102"},{"key":"S1443964622000067_ref5","unstructured":"Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 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