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and see examples of Customized Employment:
Read the Customized Employment Frequently Asked Questions
Wage Examples
Self-Employment Examples
Here is a list of handouts about Customized Employment
View an overview slideshow on Customized Employment
Griffin-Hammis Associates is an international leader in
the evolution of Customized Employment, providing training and technical
consultation
on all aspects of this approach.
The
U.S. Department of Labor definition states that:
“Customized
employment means individualizing the employment relationship between
employees and employers in ways that meet the needs of both. It is based
on an individualized
determination of the strengths, needs, and interests of the person
with a disability, and is also designed to meet the specific needs of
the employer.
It may include employment developed through job carving, self-employment
or entrepreneurial initiatives, or other job development or restructuring
strategies that result in job responsibilities being customized and individually
negotiated to fit the needs of individuals with a disability.
Customized employment assumes
the provision of reasonable accommodations and supports necessary
for the individual to perform the functions of
a job that is individually negotiated and developed (Federal Register,
June 26, 2002, Vol. 67. No. 123 pp 43154 -43149).
Griffin-Hammis
Associates’ approach to Customized Employment ensures that:
- The job-seeker’s
interests, preferences, and talents drive the employment development
process, not the labor market;
- A negotiation
of mutual benefit between the job-seeker and the employer is a
critical component of successful employment;
- These strategies
work in urban, suburban, and rural communities
when proper adaptations and approaches are utilized;
- We all customize
our jobs, however, the typical job-seeker customizes after being
hired and many people with significant disabilities will succeed
only if the customization occurs prior to beginning work;
- Groups of
people with disabilities are never offered up to employers, the
process requires absolute individualization, otherwise it violates
the basic premise of Customized Employment; and
- The individual
job seeker, not a program, is presented to the employer.
Customized Employment approaches include: Individualized Supported
Employment, Job Carving, Job Creation, Natural Supports Utilization,
Small Business Strategies, Resource Ownership, Social Security
Work Incentives,
and
blended funding. GHA provides training on all these topics, as
well as Systematic Instruction, Job Analysis, Job Development, Interest-based
Negotiation and Problem-Solving for Employment Specialists, Using
Customized
Employment in a One-Stop, and Customized Employment for Individuals
with Psychiatric Disabilities, et al.
Selected GHA Customized Employment Resources:
Big Sign Syndrome
(PDF) (DOC)
Customized Employment Agenda (PDF) (DOC)
Job Carving (PDF)
(DOC)
The Training Connection
Series for Employment Specialists (PDF) (DOC)
For more information, contact Griffin-Hammis Associates and these resources:
The Rural Institute: http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/transition and http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/training
The RRTC at Virginia Commonwealth University: http://www.t-tap.org
Employment for All: http://www.employmentforall.org
The Institute on Community Inclusion: http://www.communityinclusion.org/
The U.S. Dept. of Labor Office of Disability and Employment Policy: http://www.dol.gov/odep/
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Customized Employment