Turner-Stokes, LFadyl, JoannaRose, HWilliams, HSchlüter, PMcPherson, KM2015-04-222015-04-222014-092014-09J Occup Rehabil, vol.24(3), pp.511 - 5241573-3688https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8601The Work-ability Support Scale (WSS) is a new tool designed to assess vocational ability and support needs following onset of acquired disability, to assist decision-making in vocational rehabilitation. In this article, we report an iterative process of development through evaluation of inter- and intra-rater reliability and scoring accuracy, using vignettes. The impact of different methodological approaches to analysis of reliability is highlighted.As of January 16 2012, the majority of Springer’s Open Choice eligible journals publish open access articles under the liberal Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license. The CC BY license permits commercial and non-commercial re-use of an open access article, as long as the original author and source are properly attributed.RehabilitationVocationalNeeds assessmentReliability and validityJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1007/s10926-013-9486-1