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I Want To Work Workbook and Partner Guide

I Want To Work Workbook and Partner Guide. PARTNERSHIP FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES MAY 2012. Credits. Primary Contributors Jack Brandt Dawn Machonis Contributors Zak Ford Kit Hammar Shelley Lantz Matt Nigrelli Grace Oswell. Credits.

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I Want To Work Workbook and Partner Guide

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  1. I Want To Work Workbook and Partner Guide PARTNERSHIP FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES MAY 2012

  2. Credits Primary Contributors Jack Brandt Dawn Machonis Contributors Zak Ford Kit Hammar Shelley Lantz Matt Nigrelli Grace Oswell

  3. Credits The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices www.learningcommunity.us Support Development Associates www.sdaus.com Transcen, Inc www.transcen Partnership for People with Disabilities/VCU www.vcu.edu/partnership

  4. Description • Assist in assembling information they can use to obtain employment • Designed for people with intellectual disabilities • Designed to complete with a partner • Employs person centered concepts & tools

  5. Integrated employment means working in a job around typical peers for at least minimum wage paid by the employer

  6. Person Centeredness PERSON CENTEREDNESS is a HUMAN concept— not a disability concept! • Honors the voices of the person and those who know them best • Focuses on a person’s gifts and capacities • Uses ordinary language • Recognizes the importance of relationships • Considers what is important to and important for the person and strives for the balance between them

  7. Important To • Happy • Content • Fulfilled • Comforted • Satisfied

  8. Important For Health and safety What helps us be valued members of our community

  9. Our interest in employment Employment is a critical component of most adult’s lives. Work is a means to: • Economic self sufficiency • Contributing to the community • Building a group of social relationships • Creating opportunities for life long learning

  10. Workbook Design • Organized into 4 chapters • Question and answer format • Homework in 3 chapters • Recommend doing, at most, one chapter at a time

  11. Partner Guide Design Intro Roles/responsibilities of partner Conversations ‘read’, ‘write’ Purpose Instructions Sample/resource section

  12. What you get By completing the workbook, a person will: • Identify 2 areas of interest in which they would like to work • Develop a work support document (one page profile) • Prepare a resume

  13. Chapters 1. Great Things About Me 2. The Job I Want 3. How to Best Support Me 4. My Resume

  14. Chapter 1 Recognize great things about self & what others see Who the important people are in the person’s life Why people work & why the person wants to work

  15. Chapter 2 Explore areas of interest What liked/didn’t like in previous jobs Identify 2 interests in which the person wants to work

  16. Chapter 3 Good Day Bad Day What’s important to a person at work Identify supports needed to be successful on the job

  17. Chapter 4 Gathers information for a resume Functional Chronological Combination

  18. My Dream Job

  19. Job Choice

  20. Good Day/ Bad Day

  21. Dawn’s GD BD at work Good DayBad Day being on time being late having a monthly unprepared for a mtg parking space cluttered desk warm in my office my computer tries to get a lot done think for me

  22. Dawn’s Support Doc Important to me at work: • Being on time • Accomplishing work– see the product • Feeling comfortable temperature-wise Supporter’s Instructions: • If I am late, espec for training, please ask how you can help and then forgive my bossiness • If I ask about the computer-I am usually frustrated—I would rather you tell me you don’t know then trying to be helpful when you are not sure

  23. Uses Support Document • Job coaches • Dept of Rehab Services counselors • Teachers • Anyone who is assisting in finding a job • Employer once a relationship is established

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