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Soontobepublished Chapter 12 Forms of Supported Employment Intensive, initial training of persons with severe vocational handicaps in natural work environments.
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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...
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