30Day Plan: Roadmap to Success

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30-Day Plan Roadmap to Success

• March 11th, 2009

Institute for Community Inclusion/UMass Boston

• Presented by Amy Gelb Erin Fallon

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Overview

• Intro to having a plan
• Person-Centered Planning
• 30-Day Placement Plan
• 4 Major Steps for Using a 30-Day Plan
• Case Study Jane

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Customized Employment Plans and 30-Day Placement
Plans

• Customized Employment individualizes the
  employment relationship between job seekers and
  employers to meet the needs of both by matching a
  job seekers strengths with an employers needs
• 30-Day plan is helpful in this customized process
  because it is a tool that helps create action
  steps and tracks progress

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Getting to Know the Job Seeker

• Explore dreams, goals, personal preferences, life
  experiences and needs regarding employment
• Individual decides who will participate in
  creating their profile (family, service
  providers, school ,etc)
• Individual is the primary source of information,
  with other participants providing ideas and
  suggestions

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Getting to Know the Job Seeker

• Visit individual at home, work, in community
• Needs related to the identified goals should be
  discussed
• Career exploration
• Additional training/skills building
• Job support needs such as job coaching, travel
  training, counseling
• Accommodations such as assistive technology, ASL
  interpreters, modification of hours, duties..etc.

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Getting to know the Job Seeker Ethical Guidelines

• Individuality
• Choice
• Respect
• Participation
• Social Inclusion
• Employment acquisition support
• Advancement opportunities

APSE Guidelines- DiLeo, McDonald, Killam
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Getting to know the Job Seeker Questions to Ask

• Have they worked before?
• What jobs have they loved? Hated?
• In which type of work environments were they
  successful?
• What social skills do they bring?
• What jobs or work environments should be avoided?
• Dont dismiss something as unrealistic until
  you have explored what it could lead to!

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Person Centered Planning (PCP)What is it?

• A personal vision of what an individual would
  like to be and do
• Emphasizes preferences, talents, dreams ( not
  needs/limitations)
• Takes advantage of existing supports
• Involves family and friends in planning and
  action steps

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Why do a PCP?

• Empowers the individual to drive the process of
  goal achievement
• Helps support people share the responsibility of
  being involved in action steps
• Brings stakeholders together to work as a team

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How do you do a PCP?

• Individual decides who he/she would like to be
  involved in the meeting
• One of the group members organizes a time and
  place for everyone to meet
• Facilitator writes down notes and plan using a
  PCP form
• Each person leaves with a task or tasks to
  accomplish
• Tentative meeting to re-evaluate plan

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Person-Centered Employment Planning

• Allows for self-determination
• Focuses on ability rather than disability
• Builds confidence and ability to promote self
• Uses existing relationships for support
• - Friends, family, community members
• Increases engagement, job satisfaction, and job
  performance

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30-Day Placement Plan What is it?

• A month long plan towards finding employment
• Includes
• Tasks
• Due dates
• Who is responsible
• Updated every 30 days (at a minimum)

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Why Write One?

• Most agencies require some sort of plan for
  employment
• Usually they are long-term
• Typically they are broad and do not offer step by
  step instructions
• Can focus on the services the agency will provide
  instead of action steps

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Who is involved

• Any job seeker
• Their Support Network (providers, friends,
  family, neighbors, etc.)
• Family, Friends
• Residential staff, other professionals
• Employment Specialist/Job Developer

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Advantage of Using One

• Keep everyone focused on job search
• Make sure something gets done each week towards
  getting a job
• The job seeker and their support network are
  involved in the job search
• Sense of accomplishment, even if a job was not
  found yet

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When Do You Write One?

• At one of the first meetings to work on goals
• Every 30 days until person is comfortable in
  their new position
• Can also be used as a follow-up tool for on-going
  support needs

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How Do You Write One?

• Set short and long-term goals
• Long-term plan at top of page
• Job seekers skills and strengths at top of page
• Job seeker and employment specialist discusses
  goals and tasks, and set time frame for
  completion of these steps.

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4 Major Steps for 30-Day Plan

• STEP 1SET UP TASKS
• STEP 2 ROLE ASSIGNMENT
• STEP 3 DATES DEADLINES
• STEP 4 SIGNATURE

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STEP 1 Set up Tasks

• List of Tasks
• Tasks should be accomplished within 30 day time
  frame.
• Specific, so everyone knows what they are
  responsible for.
• Divided out between job seeker, employment
  specialist, and others
• Measurable so it is clear when goal is met.

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TASKS for JOB SEEKERS

• Talk to friends and family members about their
  careers
• Pick up job applications at places they might
  like to work
• Call three employers that they are interested in
  working for
• Research company on internet

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TASKS for JOB SEEKERS (cont.)

• Set up an Informational Interview
• Make a list of questions for the interview
• Take pictures of places in their community they
  might like to work
• Take a tour of a business they might like to work
  at or know more about

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TASKS forEMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS

• Contact employers they already have relationships
  with on behalf of the job seeker
• Call job seekers references to see what they
  will say to an employer
• Assist the job seeker to identify specific
  employers to target
• Keep the team on track with each action item

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TASKS for OTHER SUPPORT PEOPLE

• Assist the job seeker in reading job postings,
  internet employment sites, etc.
• Use their own connections to network on behalf of
  the job seeker
• Practice interview skills with the job seeker
• Assist job seeker in identifying businesses of
  interest in their area

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STEP 2 Role Assignment

• Assigning a person who will be responsible for
  completing each task.
• Job seeker should be responsible for several
  steps each month, no matter what their disability
  is. They can have help with the step, if they
  need it.
• Employment person should not be the only person
  helping the job seeker.

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STEP 3 Dates Deadlines

• Come up with a due date for each task
• Have a minimum of one step per week
• Follow-up dates are key to success

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STEP 4 Signature

• Make sure to have everyone sign the plan
• Give a copy to everyone involved
• Certain steps can be broken down to make them
  less complicated
• For example, 5 phone calls a week to potential
  employers, job seeker can do one or two a day

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30-Day Form Sample
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Case Study A look at Jane

• 45 year old woman with a diagnosis of
  schizophrenia and a developmental disability
• Worked for 8 years in a supermarket as a bagger
  and cart retriever
• Wanted more interesting and less physical work
• Employment Specialist and Jane came up with
  several work possibilities.

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Janes 30-Day Plan Outline

• Job Seeker Jane
• Plan Dates 2/1/04-3/1/04
• Job Goal Customer service or veterinary
  assistant
• Skills and Strengths Loves animals, particularly
  cats likes to assist customers friendly
  experienced in caring for her own cat

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Case Study Jane (cont.)

• Jane wanted some independence in her job search
• Emily suggested Jane visit her local One-stop
  Career Center
• Jane wanted to update her resume, she signed up
  for a resume class at the Career Center
• Jane had a strong interest in animals

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Case Study Jane (cont.)

• Jane contacted local veterinarians to find out
  about openings and opportunities
• She also called the vet that her cat went to, to
  see about openings there
• Janes friend helped Jane write a cover letter to
  apply for a position at the Vet

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Case Study Jane (cont.)

• Jane hand-delivered her resume and cover letter
  to the veterinarian that she knew.
• Jane attended interviewing workshop at One-Stop
  Career Center to get practice and feedback

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Janes 30-Day Plan Completed Case Study form
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Points to Remember

• It is important to begin every 30-Day plan with a
  Person Centered approach
• Assign tasks to team members according to their
  strengths and areas of expertise
• A 30-Day Placement plan is for anyone looking for
  a job
• 30-Day Placement Plans can be reviewed and
  rewritten every 30 days until the jobseeker
  obtains employment and is comfortable in their
  new position

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Contact Information

• Erin Fallon
• Training Associate I
• Institute for Community
• Inclusion/UMass Boston
• Erin.fallon_at_umb.edu
• 617-287-4335

• Amy Gelb, MS, CRC, CAGS, CPRP
• Training Associate I
• Institute for Community
• Inclusion/UMass Boston
• Amy.gelb_at_umb.edu
• 617-287-4304