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Supported Employment |
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Millcreek Community Services’ philosophy of providing a continuum of care in the least restrictive environment possible can be seen clearly in its efforts to integrate individuals into competitive employment. Minimum standards for employment services will be met through procedures outlined in the Support Employment Services ID/DD Waiver.
When a referral is received from Support Coordination for an individual desiring employment, Millcreek will begin the process of finding a job suitable to the individual’s abilities and desires.
Services provided may include:
- Job finding;
- Job coaching;
- Assistance with completing and submitting job applications;
- Exploring different job options;
- Transportation; and
- Training.
Portfolios will be developed to market:
- The advantages of employing individuals with disabilities;
- Each individual’s unique skills and competencies;
- Ways in which work environments can be adapted to facilitate training and employment of individuals with disabilities; and
- On-going support.
Millcreek Community Services will visit through Job Exploration an array of businesses to give the individual diverse choices and options for training and employment opportunity. The goal of Job Exploration is to place an individual in a job he/she desires.
Individuals with disabilities will be aided in involvement in social activities that are associated with the work community. Social interactions will be encouraged, as a friend is one of many natural supports that are needed. Actions taken on behalf of the individual in this area will be documented in Contact Summaries. Millcreek Community Services expects all referred individuals to receive competitive employment and if this is the desire of the individual being served Millcreek CBS will accept no less for him/her. However Millcreek CBS has an open-door policy to allow individuals to return Pre-Vocational and Day Habilitation Services at their discretion.
All Job Coaches must complete Millcreek CBS’s Driver Safety Course and pass a Mississippi Driver’s Check as prescribed in the Personnel Policies.
Individuals in need of handicapped-accessible transportation will be transported in vehicles capable of meeting their needs. |
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