Employment:BEST PRACTICES. parts 5

       

                

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Jobs Employment, Career Job, Employment Job

Relationship building at the business site will be vital to building full community inclusion and
achieving employment satisfaction. For example, working age adults spend, on average, 40 hours
a week at their place of employment. The office or business setting is where many social
relationships are formed. This same principle holds true for people with disabilities. However,
because some people are still uncertain of how to approach someone with a disability, the
employment specialist can assist by breaking down these artificial barriers from the first day of work.
 Assisting individuals with disabilities to obtain full inclusion in the work setting will facilitate a new
vision of community where all members are valued.
        Long Term Supports. Supported employment provides for the necessary supports to assist
an individual with long term employment job retention. By federal definition, supported employmentincludes at least two monthly contacts at the job site unless the customer requests otherwise. The
long term support component is an extremely unique feature among rehabilitation services. Unlike
other services, the entire notion of service termination is never addressed. The intention behind this
feature of supported jobs employment is the realization that individuals, as well as businesses, are fluid.
Individuals do not simply get a job in a local business and then stay there for the rest of their lives.
While the likelihood of remaining in the same occupation has remained constant, staying with the
same employer or even in the same industry has declined significantly over the last ten years (National
Alliance of Business, 1996).