Erica A. Brown, MSSabrina Cunliffe, MS, CRC

Session Overview• Becoming a VR vendor for Job Placement Services• Ensuring a person receives quality Career

Exploration/Discovery

• When and how to refer someone to VR

• Preparing for the VR Intake Process

• Understanding the VR Eligibility Process• Your involvement in Individual Plan of

Employment ( IPE) development

• Providing Job Placement Services

• Long Term Support Planning

Becoming a VR Vendor

• Make contact with your local VR branch manager and discuss the services you provide

• Ask VR branch manager to add your agency to the vendor list

TALKING POINTS• Job development versus job coaching (stabilization

point)• VR training options• Other VR services ( Disability Adjustment,

assessments, skills training etc.)• MQ’s to provide services

Job Placement Services*Referral ($100.00)*Proposal- Employment/Retention ( $200.00)*Proposal- Retention Services Only ( $200.00) *Job Placement- Standard ($1000.00)*Job Placement- Supported/Customized ( $1,500.00)*Job Retention- Standard ( $1,500.00)*Job Retention- Supported/Customized ( $2000.00)

*Job Coaching ($40/hr)

* This will change in October

Quality Career Exploration through Path to Employment Services and “DISCOVERY”

Path to Employment Service Examples (Consider a Person Centered Plan to help develop these goal

areas)

• Volunteer a few times a week • Take a class• Join a social club• Provide targeted skill development specific to job

interests• Learn transportation routes• Complete benefits planning• General community inclusion• Join a community job seekers club• Work on disability awareness and self-advocacy skills

Is a time-limited process by which an individual’s planning team assists an individual to identify his/her interests, strengths, and abilities relating to employment, with the goal of attaining and maintaining employment in an integrated employment setting, including self-employment, prior to job development for an individual when establishing a vocational goal.

*Get Discovery Certified ASAP! *

“Discovery”

The VR Process

ID/DD-VR EMPLOYMENT PROCESS MAP

Referral to VR

Intake Appointme

nt Plan Development

( IPE)

EligibilityDeterminatio

nPresumed Eligible

VR Plan Implementati

on

Job Development

, Assessments

and Job Coaching

Authorized

Transfer to Ongoing Support (ODDS)

VRClosur

eOngoing support through ODDS

VR Status

Referring a Person to VRPre-referral Considerations

• Career Development Plan has been completed• Career Development Plan & ISP reflect the person has chosen the goal of integrated, community employment• County Services Coordinators/ Brokerage Agent supports and facilitates referral process to VR •Discovery Profile in process or completed•2 or 3 general categories of employment the individual is interested in pursuing •Who will support the person in coordinating their VR process

The VR Intake Process Must bring completed Service QuestionnaireRequired to bring documents that prove the

person is legally able to work in the US (I-9 docs)

The authorization of Discovery and the VR referral should happen simultaneously. Bring the Discovery Profile if it is completed

If available, bring medical documentation, current medical orders including diagnosis, treatment plans, medical assessments, educational assessments, etc.

The VR Eligibility Process

The Individual Plan of Employment ( IPE) Development Process

VR counselors must address the following questions in the IPE:

Employment GoalReason for selecting this Employment Goal Minimum number of hours the person will accept per

weekDiscuss transferable skills, client characteristics and

other factors that were used to determine the employment goal

Rationale for selection of Job Goal: Describe the individual's strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, career interests and informed choice relating to the job goal.

Continued IPE development

Discuss Labor Market InformationDiscuss job stabilization. What will it look like?What steps are needed to reach the employment

goal?Needed Plan ServicesHow are we going to measure progress?

Long Term Support Planning

Braided services – decide with team what services are best for the person and who would provide services long term

Define job stabilization so the team knows and agrees

Develop a plan for transition to ongoing long-term support

Systematic Instruction and fading plan

Questions Sabrina Cunliffe Erica A. BrownVocational Rehabilitation Partnerships in Community Living, IncDHS- MacKenzie Center PO Box 1292885 Chad Dr. Monmouth, OR 97361Eugene, OR 97408 503-838-2403 ext. 375541-684-2447 ebrown@pclpartnership.orgsabrina.cunliffe@state.or.us