The Job Developer's Handbook

by Griffin, Cary

• ISBN13: 9781557668639
• ISBN10: 1557668639
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-30
• Publisher: Brookes Pub

Summary

One of the most practical employment books available, this forward-thinking guide walks employment specialists step by step through customized job development for people with disabilities, revealing the best ways to build a satisfying, meaningful job around a person's preferences, skills, and goals. Internationally known for their innovative, proactive job development strategies, the authors motivate readers to expand the way they think about employment opportunities and develop creative solutions. Readers will get fresh, proven tips and ideas for every aspect of job development for youth and adults with significant support needs: discovering who the person is and what he or she really wants, ensuring goodness of fit between employer and employee, finding-or creating-"hidden jobs" in smaller companies, empowering people through resource ownership (i.e., investing in resources that employers need), skillfully negotiating job duties while managing conflicts that might arise, creatively maximizing benefits using Social Security work incentives, encouraging family support while respecting the individual as an adult.

Author Biography

Cary Griffin is Senior Partner, Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC David Hammis is Senior Partner, Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC Tammara Geary is Lead Associate, Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. vii
About the Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction to Customized Job Development	p. 1
Discovery: The Foundation of Job Development	p. 23
Job Matching and Analysis: Exploring Worksite Ecology and Seeking Goodness of Fit	p. 35
Person-Centered Job Development Strategy: Finding the Jobs Behind the Jobs	p. 49
Active Employer Councils: Leveraging the Networking Power of the Community	p. 73
Resource Ownership: Self-Determined Economic Development	p. 85
Interest-Based Negotiation, Problem Solving, and Conflict Management	p. 99
Job Carving: Creating Jobs that Fit an Individual's Ideal Conditions of Employment and Benefit the Workplace	p. 119
Using Social Security Work Incentives	p. 139
Active Families: Support, Partnership, and Roles	p. 167
Organizational Commitment to Customized Employment: The Role of Leadership in Facilitating Careers	p. 181
Blank Forms	p. 205
Index	p. 231
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