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National Job Development Survey Results:  Time to Think Outside the Box Store

Cary Griffin, Senior Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates

 

Supported Employment (SE) began its stall many years ago (Mank, 1994). While it remains the most effective means of assisting people with significant disabilities to get and retain jobs, Customized Employment (CE) techniques that enhance and bolster SE are critical to assuring that individuals with the most complex disabilities and support needs become successfully employed (Callahan, et al., in press; Griffin, et al., 2007; Luecking, 2009). Adopting new techniques often means one must quit using older, less effective tactics. Unfortunately, as we witness over and over in both small and large-scale systems change, adoption of the language of new technologies precedes actual implementation of these new strategies. In the case of Customized Employment, the language of “discovery,” “employer negotiation,” and “job creation” get regular acknowledgement these days, but the survey results reported herein illustrate that actual adoption and deployment of CE is still not widely observed.  Click here to read more.

 

APSE Launches Partnership with Getting Hired.com

APSE  has recently partnered with GettingHired.com, a private sector initiative helping to lead the effort to close the employment participation gap for people with disabilities while helping employers meet the challenge of finding qualified workers. Through this collaboration, APSE members have the opportunity to offer the people with disabilities they serve an easy to use, fully accessible and free resource to assist in finding employment at http://www.GettingHired.com/apse.  APSE members now will also have access to all of the career tools and informational resources and 24/7 connection to the job listings offered by GettingHired.com.  APSE member organizations will also have the ability to post job openings and to search the nation’s largest database of resumes of talented people with disabilities at GettingHired.com. In addition APSE and GettingHired.com will be working collaboratively to identify and add new employers to the GettingHired.com community, further expanding the employment opportunities available to people with disabilities.

GettingHired.com/APSE Website |   GettingHired.com/APSE Website Overview Video |   GettingHired.com/APSE Brochure

TRN Announces New Set of Resources for "Employment First" Initiatives

TRN, Inc. has released an innovative set of new resources for people involved in the employment of people with disabilities. Written by Dale DiLeo, the material is titled Employment First: Building A Culture that Expects Job Success. Employment First refers to having community employment be the primary expected goal for all working-age adults with disabilities in government-funded day services, and for those services to support the realization of that goal. It is currently being embraced in many US States as a policy initiative.

TRN amd APSE Announce an APSE 20% discount on this product. See https://trn-store.com/apse-members-only  Contact Dawn Langton, dawnlangton@att.net for more information

Taking Control: Career Tips for People with Disabilities

With the unemployment rate for people with disabilities at over 70%, this video gives potential employees and employers tips on how to find the right job or employee. As the examples featured in the video show, people with disabilities can contribute a great deal to a perspective employer and employers would be hard-pressed to pass up the opportunity to hire these dedicated and committed job seekers. Filmed in cooperation with Creative Employment Opportunities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and featuring CEO Laura Owens, Taking Control is a video manual on how people with disabilities can take control of their own employment destiny and how employers can expand their workforce pool heading into the future.

Employment Network Handbook for Service Providers

Click here to view the recently updated EN Handbook for Service Providers

Adult Autism & Employment: A Free Guide for Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals

ADA Employment Video Dispels Myths

Minimum Wage - Increases to $7.25/hour