Employment Services - Supported Employment

Which of the following is not a fundamental principle of supported employment Counselor directed Community inclusion Personal control

Counselor directed

Assistance in securing employment and arranging natural supports are duties typically falling to Employment specialist Crew leader Family members

Employment specialist

Sheltered workshops are effective as transitioning individuals with disabilities into integrated employment. True False

False

Low expectations, low wages and limited integration are problems noted with Competitive employment Individualized employment Group employment

Group employment

Because each consumer, situation, labor market and community are different, Supported employment is considered Group service Individualized service Difficult to achieve

Individualized service

Individuals and supported employment who had previously been served in sheltered workshop settings do not show a higher rate of employment as compared to those who had gone straight to in supported employment without ever being in a sheltered workshop. True False

True

Supported employment, like no other vocational rehabilitation approach for people with severe mental illness, has attained the status of evidence-based practice. True False

True

The 14(c) sub-minimum wage program is utilized primarily by non-profit or state-operated social services providers - specifically, sheltered workshops - rather than private, for-profit businesses. True False

True

The emerging evidence based on supported employment is clear and consistent, with improved employment outcomes across different types of settings and populations. True False

True

In the state of Texas, employment services are purchased by the vocational rehabilitation program. The organizations from whom DARS contracts are called community rehabilitation providers/programs employment agencies DARS will contract with anyone

community rehabilitation providers/programs

Which of the following is not a typical duty of the employment specialist? Serves as a problem solver and consultant to an employer completes job analysis, shares employment related information redesigned products for business

redesigned products for business

In the benchmark system, the provider is paid for: the outcome the paperwork the contract

the outcome