Supported Employment

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Supported Employment

• Evidence-Based Practices
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Ryan Might
• Michael Downing
• Sherry Shaffer
• John Singleton

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Evidence-Based Principles of Supported Employment

• Integration with Treatment Team
• Zero Exclusion (must have desire to work)
• On-going Work-Based Assessment
• Individualized Rapid Job Search
• All Job Experiences are a Success
• Jobs are Competitive
• Time-Unlimited, Follow-Along Supports
• Diversity of Jobs Developed
• Community-Based Services
• Assertive Engagement and Outreach

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Barriers to Employment

• Transportation
• Health Problems
• Lack of Education

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Evidence-Based Principles of Supported Employment

• Integration with Treatment Team
• Zero Exclusion (must have desire to work)
• On-going Work-Based Assessment
• Individualized Rapid Job Search
• All Job Experiences are a Success
• Jobs are Competitive
• Time-Unlimited, Follow-Along Supports
• Diversity of Jobs Developed
• Community-Based Services
• Assertive Engagement and Outreach

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Vocational Assessment

• How do you determine the clients interests?
• What are the clients marketable skills?
• What do you do next? How do you proceed with the
  job search?

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Job Development

• Networking with Employers and Community Agencies
• Job-Carving
• Community-Based Competitive Employment
  (Not Sheltered Workshops/Training Programs)
• Providing On-Site Time-Unlimited Support to
  Clients and Employers

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Discussion

• Applying the Evidence-Based Principles of
  Supported Employment to the Homeless Population
• Thanks!