STANDARDIZING THE TRAINING OF EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Ippolito ◽  
David Megenhardt
Keyword(s):  
Employment Specialists

scholarly journals Good fences make good neighbors: Collaborating with families to create employment opportunity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Bethany Chase
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Employment Success ◽  
Job Match ◽  
Employment Supports ◽  
Job Coaches ◽  
Employment Specialists

BACKGROUND: Collaboration between supported employment providers and parents/guardians of job seekers with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities is key to employment success. However, parents are often concerned about the efficacy of employment supports or the capacity of the professionals providing the service. Likewise, job coaches may consider certain kinds of parent involvement as detrimental to a successful job match. OBJECTIVE: This article provides context for why parents/guardians may be distrustful of the employment process, as well as why employment specialists may struggle to build strong partnerships with parents/guardians. METHODS: This article will discuss how to implement practices that not only welcome the critical input of families, but also maintain healthy and well-defined boundaries that affirm the autonomy, professionalism, and competence of the worker.

Developing Partnerships With Businesses to Support Job Training for Youth With Disabilities in Singapore

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Scheef ◽  
Brenda L. Barrio ◽  
Marcus I. Poppen
Keyword(s):  
Parent Involvement ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Job Matching ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Direct Support ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Employment Specialists

Under-employment for individuals with disabilities is a worldwide epidemic, which Singapore has addressed by significantly increasing employment rates for this population. Providing work experiences for youth with disabilities at community-based job sites has been shown to increase positive post-school employment outcomes. To provide these opportunities, employment specialists benefit from developing partnerships with businesses. For this study, 14 Singaporean employment specialists, from five different schools and one government agency, were interviewed to better understand strategies utilized to nurture these valuable partnerships with businesses. Data suggest effective partnerships include (a) direct support for employers, (b) job matching, (c) job customization, (d) involving businesses in the school community, and (e) parent involvement. Implications and recommendations for future research are also discussed.

scholarly journals Implementing evidence-based supported employment

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 244-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Rinaldi ◽  
Rachel Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Client Outcomes ◽  
Individual Placement And Support ◽  
Individual Client ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Work Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Individual Placement ◽  
Employment Specialists

Aims and MethodWe evaluated the impact of implementing the individual placement and support (IPS) approach within eight community mental health teams (CMHTs) in two London boroughs. Demographic, clinical and vocational data were collected enabling a comparison of the number of people supported in work/education and individual client outcomes at 6 and 12 months.ResultsFollowing the integration of employment specialists there were significant increases in the number and proportion of clients engaged in mainstream work or educational activity at 6 months and 12 months. The employment specialists supported 38% in open employment at 6 months and 39% at 12 months.Clinical ImplicationsThe results support the use of IPS in clinical practice in CMHTs.

An Analysis of the Activities of Employment Specialists in a Natural Support Approach to Supported Employment

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlene D. Unger ◽  
Wendy Parent ◽  
Karen Gibson ◽  
Kelly Kane-Johnston ◽  
John Kregel
Keyword(s):  
Supported Employment ◽  
Natural Support ◽  
Employment Specialists

Journeys to work: the perspective of client and employment specialist of “Individual Placement and Support” in action

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Miller ◽  
Suzanne Clinton-Davis ◽  
Tina Meegan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Individual Placement And Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employment Specialist ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
Individual Placement ◽  
Employment Specialists

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide the personal accounts of the journey back to work from the perspective of both the person entering employment and the Employment Specialist who assisted them. Design/methodology/approach – Two people with mental health problems who received help into employment from an employment service in a London Mental Health Trust were asked to give write their accounts of their journey. The Employment Specialists who assisted them in this journey were also asked to write their accounts. Findings – Reflective accounts – no findings presented. Originality/value – Much has been written about the effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support evidence-based supported employment, but little has been published about the lived experience of this approach from the perspective of both the person endeavouring to return to work and the employment specialists who support them. This paper presents two such accounts.

What Do Employment Specialists Really Do? A Study on Job Development Practices

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Migliore ◽  
Allison Cohen Hall ◽  
John Butterworth ◽  
Jean Winsor
Keyword(s):  
Employment Specialists ◽  
Job Development
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