Soleymani SWallace-Bell MBritt, Eileen2021-08-222021-08-222020Britt E, Soleymani S, Wallace-Bell M (2020). Motivational Interviewing within Work and Income: Interim Report Analysis of Group Data from the Lower South Island. Ministry of Social Development. 1-24.https://hdl.handle.net/10092/102307In summary, the current study highlights the potential for MI training of Work and Income staff to improve their relational and technical skills. Improved relational skills will improve the working alliance between Work and Income staff, with clients experiencing these conversations as empathic and empowering. Further, increased technical skills of staff means that staff are able to build and strengthen clients’ motivation for change. Given the wealth of literature linking working alliance and increased change talk to treatment outcome/behaviour change, further training of Work and Income staff is recommended.enAll rights reserved unless otherwise statedReports2021-08-05Fields of Research::52 - Psychology::5203 - Clinical and health psychology::520303 - Counselling psychologyFields of Research::52 - Psychology::5204 - Cognitive and computational psychology::520403 - Learning, motivation and emotion