Employment Planning

• Be aware that these examples may provide some guidance for the types of service agencies you can include in your resource manuals

• Most important to understand the overview with a few specific types that are of particular importance

Employment Planning

• Internships – be aware of unpaid work

• Apprenticeships

• Disability-specific organizations – example of Monco

• Adult Education* – services to 16 years & older who are no longer served in schools

• Vocational programs in schools (CTC) may also provide adult education

Employment Planning

• Trade & technical schools (JVS, CTC, Comprehensive HS) – place emphasis on job placement before leaving school

• Competitive employment* – typically considered the desirable outcome – individual is employed full or part time by the business & receives benefits, etc. as any other employee – Transitional employment allows for on the job training by an adult service provider to ease responsibility on employer at outset

Employment Planning

• Supported Employment *– Read questions on pages 96-97

• Job coach model• Enclave model• Mobile work crew model• Entrepreneurial model• Sheltered Workshops* - adult day care to

movement toward competitive employment but do offer long-term placement

Employment Planning

• Read Other Avenues to Employment on your own

• Job Search Methods – resume’ building (can also develop a portfolio of work)

• Job applications require practice & often help from others

• Cold calls require real perserverance & a thick skin

Employment Planning

• Networking* - Self, family, friends network

• Want ads are a poor choice in general

• You may find employment agencies (nonprofit) among your agencies for your resource manual

• Interviewing requires much practice – mock ones can help

• ADA & Sec. 504 offer some protections