Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First Employment First means
expecting, encouraging, providing, creating, and rewarding
integrated employment in the general workforce as the FIRST and
Preferred option of youth and adults with disabilities APSE
Employment First Manifesto
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First Promotes policies,
practices and strategies that focus on integrated, community-based
employment as the desired outcome for ALL individuals with
disabilities. Guiding principles, practices and strategies are
disseminated through state statute, regulation that makes funding
for integrated community- based employment a priority
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First Employment First uses
supported employment and customized employment strategies. However,
we do not define employment by these strategies. Employment First
initiatives center on..
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First holding individuals
with disabilities to the same employment standards,
responsibilities, and expectations as any working- age adult APSE
Employment First Manifesto
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First: CORE VALUES Anyone who
wants to work can Inclusion Real Work, Real Pay Services are
individualized Support of family members, friends and coworkers
Choice*, self-determination/direction
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Categories1960s &
1970s1980s1990s2000s ModelMedicalDevelopmental Community-Based
Integration Driven by Individual Characteristics Custodial
Treatment Deprivation Continuous, Get Ready Slots Networking, Civil
Rights, Relationships, Natural Supports Choice, Self-
Determination, Economic Power Society RolePatientClientConsumer,
Customer Social Inclusion Social Expectations Citizenship
Employment Isolation No Work Work Activity Segregation Work
Activity Sheltered Workshops Supported Integration Supported
Employment Enclaves/Crews Inclusion Competitive Employment
ResidentialInstitutionGroup Living Supported Living Integration
Home Ownership Community Inclusion
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate B People First Language Understand
effective & respectful support strategies
Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A CTIVE LISTENING is critical to
effective communication with ANYONE. DONT ASSUME A PERSON WITH ANY
KIND OF DISABILITY NEEDS OR WANTS YOUR HELP.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate C Group Option Placements Enclave Mobile
Work Crew Dispersed Group or Cluster Entrepreneurial Model
Understand the difference between individual and group approaches
to employment, including the strengths & weaknesses of variant
models of support Individual Option Placement One employment
specialist working with one person to obtain and maintain community
integrated competitive employment
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate D Customized employment: a process for
individualizing the employment relationship between a job seeker or
an employee and an employer in ways that are mutually beneficial.
Understand customized support strategies
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Goal Understand standards, regulations and the acts related to
employment Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 2
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
Rehab Act: Rehabilitation Act EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act DOL: Department of Labor
WIA: Workforce Investment Act WIOA: Workforce Innovation &
Opportunity Act Know of and understand the legislation and acts
associated with employment
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate B Know how to locate and reference
applicable standards Your agency Other area agencies as resources
Your public library College & University libraries Local and
state government The internet
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate C Stakeholders Be able to develop and
share reference tools with stakeholders Employee Employer Funding
Source
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate D Department of Labor Department of
Justice OSHA US Citizenship and Immigration Services Employee
Rights Law Center Family and Medical Leave Act American Bar
Association Citizens Information Establish a network of resource
experts to provide additional support as needed relative to rights
and responsibilities of employers and employees
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Goal Knowing the employment support roles and responsibilities
Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 3
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A Be able to define & describe the
role and responsibilities of the employee As an employee. you have
rights! As an employee. you have responsibilities!
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate An employer cannot discriminate against
you because of your disability, if you are qualified for the job.
To be qualified you have to be able to do the essential functions
of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation. An employer
must provide you a reasonable accommodation to help you carry out
the essential functions of the job.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You must be qualified (with or without
reasonable accommodation) You must meet the employment expectations
of your employer. You must, in most circumstances, request the
accommodation you need.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate B As an employer. you have rights! As an
employer. you have responsibilities! Be able to define &
describe the roles and responsibilities of the employer and
co-workers
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You may have job qualifications. You may
require specific skills. You may require an employee to meet health
or safety standards You may require specific licenses or
certifications. You may have physical and mental requirements. You
may have qualification standards that an individual not pose a
threat to the health or safety of others or themselves.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You have the responsibility to ensure
that your requirements do not screen out or tend to screen out an
individual with a disability solely on the basis of the disability.
You have the responsibility to ensure that any job requirements and
qualifications that do screen out or tend to screen out persons
with disabilities be job related and consistent with business
necessity. This means that the qualification must be real and an
actual measure for the specific job, not a general class of jobs.
All requirements must relate to essential functions of the job. If
it does not relate to essential functions, it is not consistent
with business necessity.
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Goal Knowing the employment support roles and responsibilities
Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 3
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A Be able to define & describe the
role and responsibilities of the employee As an employee. you have
rights! As an employee. you have responsibilities!
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate An employer cannot discriminate against
you because of your disability, if you are qualified for the job.
To be qualified you have to be able to do the essential functions
of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation. An employer
must provide you a reasonable accommodation to help you carry out
the essential functions of the job.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You must be qualified (with or without
reasonable accommodation) You must meet the employment expectations
of your employer. You must, in most circumstances, request the
accommodation you need.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate B As an employer. you have rights! As an
employer. you have responsibilities! Be able to define &
describe the roles and responsibilities of the employer and
co-workers
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You may have job qualifications. You may
require specific skills. You may require an employee to meet health
or safety standards You may require specific licenses or
certifications. You may have physical and mental requirements. You
may have qualification standards that an individual not pose a
threat to the health or safety of others or themselves.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You have the responsibility to ensure
that your requirements do not screen out or tend to screen out an
individual with a disability solely on the basis of the disability.
You have the responsibility to ensure that any job requirements and
qualifications that do screen out or tend to screen out persons
with disabilities be job related and consistent with business
necessity. This means that the qualification must be real and an
actual measure for the specific job, not a general class of jobs.
All requirements must relate to essential functions of the job. If
it does not relate to essential functions, it is not consistent
with business necessity.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate C Funding approaches can inhibit or
facilitate consumer-directed services Be able to define &
describe the roles and responsibilities of the funding sources
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Constraints that ultimately restrict
employment outcomes 1)Inadequacies and inequities in rates across
service options 1)Limits on activities prior to job placement
1)Funding that is non-responsive to individual support needs
1)Funding that is non-responsive to career interests 1)Time limits
on how long a service can be provided.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Funding approaches that support
employment outcomes 1)Expanding access to services 2)Placing
consumers in control of funds, 3)Placing consumers in control of
the selection of providers 4)Removing funding barriers.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate D Be able to define & describe the
roles and responsibilities of the support agencies
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate E Employment specialist: the person who
assists individuals with disabilities to find and maintain
employment using supported employment services. Be able to define
& describe the roles and responsibilities of the employment
specialist
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate...an Employment Specialist 1)Is able to
identify the individuals interests in order to facilitate a
job/career of choice. 1)Is able to identify the individual's skills
and talents in order to facilitate a job/career of choice. 1)Is
able to negotiate customized jobs for individuals with
disabilities. 1)Is able to address employer concerns about hiring
people with disabilities while maintaining the confidentiality of
the job seekers. 1)Is able to identify a wide variety of workplace
supports. 1)Uses data collection techniques to document
effectiveness of workplace supports and to guide fading from the
job site. 1)Provides proactive follow along services.
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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate F Other professionals that they have
worked with and trust Be able to define & describe the roles
and responsibilities of the employees support network Family Best
friends Current and former teachers Current and former co-workers
Supervisors People that know them from places they visit frequently
People from church Service coordinators
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How things have changed!
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Where are we today? 2010sEmployment First Model AN ACT relating
to persons with disabilities; establishing employment first as a
state policy; declaring it a state policy to support competitive
employment in an integrated setting; requiring agencies to support
competitive and integrated employment; requiring state agencies
working with home and community based waiver service providers to
implement employment first policies; requiring reports; providing
definitions; and providing for an effective date.
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Is Employment First unique to Wyoming? By 2013, 30 states have
passed Employment First legislation In 2012, The National Governors
Association adopted year long project to focus on the role that
state government and business can play in improving employment
outcomes and creating more employment opportunities
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Wyoming Employment First Legislation Effective July 1,
2014
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Employment First Employment First means expecting, encouraging,
providing, creating, and rewarding integrated employment in the
general workforce as the FIRST and Preferred option of youth and
adults with disabilities APSE Employment First Manifesto
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It promotes policies, practices and strategies that focus on
integrated, community-based employment as the desired outcome for
ALL individuals with disabilities. Guiding principles, practices
and strategies are disseminated through state statute, regulation
that makes funding for integrated community- based employment a
priority
Slide 92
Employment First uses supported employment and customized
employment strategies. However, we do not define employment by
these strategies. Employment First initiatives center on..
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holding individuals with disabilities to the same employment
standards, responsibilities, and expectations as any working-age
adult
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Core Values of Employment First Anyone who wants to work can
Inclusion Real Work, Real Pay Services are individualized Support
of family members, friends and coworkers Choice*, self-
determination/direction
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required to participate in an auditioning procedure and are chosen
to be a part of the show according to the specifications provided
by Chris.