FIVE VALUED EXPERIENCES
RELATIONSHIPS
DIGNITY
CHOICES
ORDINARY
PLACES
CONTRIBUTING
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPTIONS FOR PERSONS
WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
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Regular Employment
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Regular Supported Employment
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Vocational Programmes
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Small Business
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Pre Vocational
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Home Industry
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Sheltered Workshops
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Work Enclaves
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Work Activities Programmes
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Mobile Work Crews
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Public/Private School Programme
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On The Job Training
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Day Care Programme
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Work Study Programme
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Institution
FIRMLY HELD VALUES
 WORK IS VALUABLE
 PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES CAN
WORK
 INTEGRETATION IS PREFERABLE TO
SEGRETATION
 NO ONE SHOULD BE EXCLUDED.
→ GOLD 1976
→ NORMALISATION MOVEMENT
→ INTEGRETION LEGISLATION
→ PARENT EMPOWERMENT
→ DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
(Bellamy, Rhodes, Mank, Wehman and Kregel)
HISTORY
 PEOPLE WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES
 EXCLUDED FROM COMMUNITY
 WORK NOT CONSIDERED
 LIFE LONG TRAINING
DEFINITION
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT ENABLES
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
TO BE
EMPLOYED IN REAL JOBS
IN REGULAR SETTINGS
WHERE
TRAINING AND OTHER SUPPORTS
ARE PROVIDED ON AN ON-GOING BASIS
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT
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Inclusion Foundation
Real Wages & Benefits
All Levels of Disability
Placement first: Choose
Get
Keep
Flexible & Ongoing Support
Informed Choice
FEATURES
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Individualised
Tailor Made Support Package
Initially Labour Intensive
Goal Social Inclusion
Job Coaches
Two Customers
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- People with Disabilities
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- Employers
MODELS
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Individual Placement
Enclave (Small Group)
Mobile Work Crew
Supported Employment
Components
Consumer Assessment
Job Development
Job Placement
Job Site Training
Ongoing Support
Advocacy
LIMITATIONS
OF
FORMAL
ASSESSMENT IN
SUPPORTED
EMPLOYMENT
• Prediction Orientation
• Lack of Evidence that Scores on the Tests
are Related to Success in Employment
• Validity and Reliability of the Measures are
Questionable
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT IS
A
ZERO PROJECT MODEL
Assessment Should Facilitate a Job Match
Between the Person and The Community
Major Forms of Consumer
Assessment
• Interviews and informal observations
• Interpretation of formal assessment &
evaluation instruments
• Behavioural situational assessments
What is an Employment Specialist
or Job Coach
• A JOB COACH CAN BE DEFINED AS:
“ a professional or possibly paraprofessional who
provides individualized one-to-one assistance to
the client in job placement, travel training, skill
training at the job site, ongoing assessment and
long-term assessment; the job coach is
expected to reduce his or her presence at the
job site over time as the client becomes better
adjusted and more independent at the job”
(Wehman & Melia, 1986)
Job Coach Functions 1
• Job Finder:
Market Screening
Initial contact with potential employers
Interview with employer
Identify Job (s)
: Job Redesign
: Task Restructuring
Environmental Analysis
: Potential for Integration
Job Coach Function 2
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Task Related:
Task analysis
Systematic Teaching - Developing competence
Ensuring the Job is done
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Non Task Related:
Ensuring that the supported employee gets the same pay as others for the
same job
Ensuring opportunities for social integration on the job
Ensuring the development of social competency
Advocacy
Process
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Person Centred Plan (PCP)
Identify Area Of Work
Negotiate Job Placement
Provide On-Job Training
Reduce Job Coach Support
On-going Advocacy
Choose
Get
Keep
EMPLOYERS
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Know Your Client
Advance Research
Appointment to Visit
Their Needs
Honesty
Know What You Want
Clear Information
Professional Approach
Follow Up
ISSUES
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Employers
Insurance
Trade Unions
Too Disabled
Challenging Behaviour
Benefits
Epilepsy
Money
A New Mission
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Choice
Satisfaction
Full integration
Careers
Contribution
Self-determination
Quality of life
Lifestyle change
Emerging Innovations of
Importance
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Natural supports in the workplace
Assistive technology
Person-centred planning
Demonstration of choice and control by
people with disability
• Programs closing facilities and only
supporting people in the community
• Employer leadership
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT
• Works
• Only option for some
• Gives meaningful life
• Dependence
Independence
• The Service of the 90’s
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Never underestimate people with
disabilities
• Never underestimate the importance of
community
• Never underestimate the participation of
co-workers and supervisors