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Workplace
Supports
Some employers may need additional assistance in creating
workplace cultures that are supportive of individuals with
disabilities. This additional assistance or workplace supports
may be provided by an agency such as a Community Rehabilitation
Program (CRP). This fact sheet addresses some of the commonly
asked questions about the level and intensity of workplace
supports that individuals with disabilities may need to obtain
and maintain employment. Workplace
Supports Fact Sheet
Successful Organizational
Change
Over the past 20 years, there have been substantial changes
in the delivery and funding of day and employment services
for individuals with disabilities. This fact sheet will summarize
the experiences of six CRPs that successfully shifted focus
from facility-based services to community employment outcomes
in which individuals with disabilities earn at least minimum
wage. The experiences of these organizations suggested seven
characteristics that support organizational change and higher
rates of participation in competitive employment. Successful
Organizational Change Fact Sheet |
John Butterworth
Barry Maxwell
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Register for the upcoming webcast
on Organizational Strategies to Impact Customized Employment
Outcomes - November 15, 2004, 2 PM ET Register
online for the webcast or Email
us for more information
Presenters: Dr. John Butterworth, Institute for Community
Inclusion, U of Mass. Boston & Barry Maxwell, ARC Industries
in Bartlesville OK (T-TAP TA Site)
This webcast will address aligning organizational resources
to increase customized employment outcomes. John Butterworth,
Ph.D., Research & Policy Coordinator for T-TAP, will highlight
lessons learned from ten organizations participating in the
T-TAP project, and strategies they have used to expand support
for full community employment. These ten organizations are
receiving individualized training and technical assistance
from the T-TAP staff and the CRP Leadership Network to help
develop their programs from segregated work and non-work options
to competitive employment opportunities in the community.
The training and technical assistance they have received includes
program planning, marketing, budgeting, staff development,
and financial planning
Barry Maxwell of ARC Industries in Bartlesville OK, one of
the participating organizations receiving training and technical
assistance from the T-TAP project, will share his organization’s
strategies and challenges in increasing their customized employment
outcomes. ARC Industries has simultaneously implemented change
that emphasizes finding quality jobs for one person at a time,
while addressing larger organizational goals and direction.
Barry will highlight some of those strategies they have used
successfully to expand access to quality jobs for people with
disabilities such as: improving the job development process;
developing internal training and staff development; and realigning
the organizational structure to support Customized Employment. |
