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Chapter 12

Forms of Supported Employment

Intensive, initial training of persons with severe vocational handicaps in natural work environments.

Continuing intervention (support) often provided by a job coach or employment training specialist to help person sustain work and maintain employment

Work in individual jobs, small groups, or mobile work crews

Social integration at the work site w/non disabled individuals who are not paid caregivers. (JOB ANALYSIS, MATCHING CLIENTS TO JOBS, OJT, ADVOCACY W/EMPLOYERS, TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE)

Models of supported employment

Individual placement approach - placed in regular community jobs (support is provided as needed)

Enclave approach - small group (8) trained and supervised together in the midst of an ordinary mainstream work environment.

Mobile crew approach - singular purpose business is established by a service provider, crews (about 5 people) work with one supervisor

Bench work approach - offers more supervisory attention (behavioral problems)

TYPICAL SUPPORTED WORK MODEL IS INDUSTRIALLY INTEGRATED

The industry or employer is described as the host industry, and clients w/dis may be placed in OJT either individually or in groups.

Supported work approaches may also be run as satellites of community rehab facilties or alternatives replacing community workshops altogether.

OVERALL CONCERN FOR COUNSELOR IS ADVOCACY FOR INTEGRATION

ON SITE ASSESSMENT

Real concrete experience and realistic basis for assessment

Assumption that Voc Rehab incorporates a learning potential format as well as a training process

JOB SITE Clients experience job changes, production demands, hierarchy of supervision, can also provide a functional appraisal of behavior

The term "ecological" means individual interacts with their environment and that both change as a result

Individual abilities are matched with a job or specific skills. A shift from Prediction (PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACH) to an ability training orientation that fosters the remediation of skill deficiencies and development of skills needed to sustain employment.

ON SITE ASSESSMENT