An Examination of Guidelines to Promote the Implementation of Vocational Assessment in Employment-related Disability Welfare Service Agencies

Vocational assessment guidelines for work support service agencies were developed and examined by 20 experts, consisting of practitioners and researchers in the field of work support and vocational rehabilitation, using the Delphi method. First, draft guidelines for vocational assessment practice were developed based on two preliminary surveys. In the first round of the Delphi study, the 20 experts were asked to rate the levels of agreement and importance using 9- and 5-point Likert-type scales, respectively. In the second round, the results from the first were fed back to the respondents so that they could compare their own responses with those obtained from other experts. The items with a matching rate among experts above 90% (37 items under seven areas) were included as the final guideline items. Verifying these guidelines and their practical use at work support service agencies could lead to improved vocational assessments.