Customized Employment

!  AN ISSUE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

!  Presenters: !  Corey Smith Roadie Via of the Lehigh

Valley !  Mike Menio Business Owner !  Paul Weller Business Owner

The Research Says????

!  During the 1900’s a decade that witnessed the strongest economy in US history only 26% of adults with intellectual disabilities leaving high school attained jobs in the community (Metzel et al, 2007)

!  Most families report that after graduation the issues of SOCIAL ISOLATION is even more important than employment

!  “Van Therapy” is the fastest growing service for adults with intellectual disabilities

The Labor Market

!  CE jobs usually hold up much better than workshops during a recession

!  Human Resources !  Risk Management !  The Comparative Model !  The Dehumanizing of the hiring practice !  The Top 50 Employers !  Project Search

Travis Successful Transition???

How Most Jobs are Found?

!  Networking 72% !  Want Add’s 12% !  Employment Agencies 9% !  Other 7%

Customized Employment

!  According to DOL: !  CE means individualizing the relationships

between employers & employees in ways that meet the needs of both.

!  It is based upon individuals determination of strengths, needs & interests, of the person with a disability, & is designed to meet the special needs of both or

!  Self-Employment

Customized Employment

!  CE is a newer concept that builds on the best that we have learned through supported employment and takes a more entrepreneurial approach.

!  CE starts again with the premise that everyone with supports can work

!  Using CE we are negotiating employment outcomes and not usually looking for jobs in the news paper

Discovering Personal Genius

!  The Challenge: Creating lasting satisfying person directed employment beyond the confines of traditional job development to also include new concepts including resource ownership and supported self-employment.

Discovery

!  Discovery is an active process of investigating an individuals work interests and passions in the work world.

!  Discovery is about figuring out some ones Ideal Conditions of Employment and their EXPLOITABLE skills and resources!!!

!  John Butterworth Example

Ideal Conditions of Employment

!  Strengths, Skills, Supports, contributions !  Relationships that matter and that help

us get lots of ideas !  One place leads to another, one person,

leads to another, family, friends, strangers, acquaintances, professionals

Judy the Professor!!!!

Informational Interviews

!  Hi I am a vocational counselor who is helping someone develop a career path who is interested in the type of work you do?

!  Could we take a half hour of your time and give us a tour and learn about your business?

!  Listen, ask good questions? !  Could Joe try out that task? !  What is

Planning for Outcomes

!  Typical Wage Job !  Carved CE wage job !  Finding the right tasks & employer needs !  Wage Resource Ownership strategies !  Finding a Niche !  Supported Self-Employment !  The Whole NINE YARDS!!!!

My Office Job!!

Discovering my Genius

!  Job Development in a NO JOB ECONOMY!!!

The step’s

!  School to work transition/Autism Grant !  Getting to know Richie, cooking, prep

work, cars???? !  Trip to New Jersey !  Family desires !  Informational Interviews !  Job tryout’s !  Resource Ownership

Developing Social Capital

!  Social Capital and the norms of trustwortiness an reciprocity

!  Robert Putman author of Bowling Alone and Better Together

!  Ben’s Story !  John’s DJ Gig

Resource Ownership

!  Resource Ownership is a newer employment concept approved by the department of labor.

!  With Resource Ownership an individual brings some added value that is usually equipment or advanced training with them to the job site that helps an employer capture more revenue and be able to hire more employees

Paying for Discovery and Customized Employment

!  VR assessment $$$$ !  PASS Plans !  Grants !  Economic Development !  High Schools !  Foundations !  Private Pay

Developing Real Resources: Selling Your Business!!!

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Michael J’s Vending

Partnering traditional @ Nontraditional Funding

!  Developing roughly $ 850,000 in alternative funding has helped increase OVR and county funding by $500,000.

!  WE NEED TO MAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE AN ISSUE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT!!!!

!  Every job and BIZ idea reviewed today was DISCOVERED and not found in the newspaper.