Workforce Solutions Career Offices

Workforce Solutions- Gulf Coast

29 Career Offices

13 Surrounding Counties

Claudia Magallan CWP, Disability Navigator

• System-wide Disability Navigator• Ensures that customers with disabilities

are able to utilize all the services offered by Workforce Solutions.

• Train and support career office staff providing employment services to customers with disabilities. 

• At the request of Employer Services staff, may provide employers with information on hiring and providing accommodations for job seekers with disabilities.

• What is a Disability What is a Disability Navigator?Navigator?

• Resource,• Relationship Builder • Facilitator• Systems Change AgentWhat a Navigator is What a Navigator is

Not…Not…•Case Manager•Community Work Incentive Coordinator•Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist (DARS)Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist (DARS)

How Can Your Organization Benefit from Using Workforce Solutions

Services?

• Job leads• Enhanced labor market knowledge• Stronger employer relationships • Access to training programs• Access to VR and other community partners• Access to computers, technology, internet• Computerized assessments, data bases, etc.• Job readiness and other workshops• Exposure to integrated settings• Expansion of resources

3 Tiers of Career Offices Services

• Basic: Services available to everyone at no charge

• Expanded: For individuals who are unable to successfully obtain employment through basic services– More customized to needs of individuals– Must meet eligibility criteria– Wide variety of funding streams

• Training: For individuals who are unable to successfully obtain employment through basic & expanded services– Must meet eligibility criteria

– Typically funded by various funds • (example: under the Work Investment Act (WIA))

www.wrksolutions.com

• Jobs and Careers

• Individuals with Disabilities – FAQ’s – Direct links

to DARS & HCIL

www.workintexas.com• As part of the statewide Texas

Workforce Solutions network, we partner with the Texas Workforce Commission and other workforce boards in the largest job-matching database in the state--WorkInTexas.com.

Accommodations Available at Workforce Solutions Career

Offices • Accessible Workstation

– Reader Software • (JAWS)

– Magnifying Software • (ZoomText, Magnifier)

– Large Print Keyboard – Trackball Mouse

• Sign Language Interpreters upon request– (Must be requested at least 3 days in

advance)

In working with Career Offices Remember…

• System is designed to work with high volume of customers– In 2010, Workforce Solutions provided– Employment services to 439,551 individuals – Business services to 37,491 employers – Outplacement services to 78 employers that had to

downsize or close their businesses – Outplacement services to 9,095 workers who lost

their jobs – Financial aid totaling $140 million for job training,

child care assistance and job related support services – Financial aid that benefited a daily average of 31,000

children

Getting Started• Visit www.wrksolutions.com • Visit your local Workforce Solutions

Office• Register in Workintexas.com • Connect with a counselor at a career

office• Attend job readiness workshops

Questions?Comments? Remarks?

“I am a firm believer that relationships count more than

institutions. It’s because you know someone that you start to care

about their issues.”

• Lenny Zakim