03/22/2019
April 22nd, Tracy Warren will be doing a workshop on Customized Employment at the UI Boise Center and will also be live streamed to the UI Harbor Center in CDA. Please join us April 22nd, 12:30 in Boise, 11:30 in CDA, and earn free CEU's for attending this workshop sponsored by The University of Idaho Rehabilitation Counseling and Human Services program.
Customized Employment
Professional Development Training
University of Idaho
April 22nd, 2019
12:30 - 1:30 MST, Room 162 (Boise Center)
11:30 - 12:30 PST, Room 241 (Harbor Center, CDA)
Customized Employment works because it is not a program but a way of thinking and working that uses strategies that support both sides of the labor force: Supply (job candidates, workers) and Demand (employers). Projects nationwide have shown positive outcomes not only for people with significant disabilities, but for a wide range of job seekers. This training will include a description of different forms of customized employment including: task reassignment, job carving, job sharing, self-employment. This training will also describe how a customized employment team uses techniques to work with a job seeker through steps towards getting hired.
Training participants will have an introductory understanding of the following customized employment strategies:
Discovery - learning about the person by visiting his/her home, planning activities in the community so the person can show what they can do, and talking to family, neighbors and friends to learn more about the person’s interests, skills, and abilities. Discovery helps to identify the vocational themes that fit the person.
Exploring local businesses – the team finds local businesses that fit with the person’s vocational themes and set up ‘informational interviews’ with business owners to learn more about their business, get advice for the job seeker, and observe possibilities in the workplace.
Negotiating with employer – when a possible good job match is found, the team works with the employer to talk about how the person could benefit their business. The end result is a job that meets the interests and abilities of the person and the business needs of the employer.
Support to be successful in the workplace – The team finds out what the person may need to be able to do job tasks well. Different kinds of support can be put in place to help the person be successful in the workplace.
Tracy Warren, works for the Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities as a Program Specialist in the area of Person-Centered Planning, Secondary Transition and Employment. She also has done work on education, family and children’s issues and public policy. Tracy has been with the Council for 16 years and worked at Idaho Parents Unlimited before coming to the Council. She is the parent of an adult son who has autism.
Tracy is a 1986 graduate from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in graphic design. She has completed graduate work in Special Education Law, Behavioral Analysis, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Tracy is a certified Master Core Gift Facilitator and completed training in the Discovery Process and Customized Employment.
Tracy loves nature, arts and crafts. She is an aspiring pottery maker, a novice heirloom rug ho**er, adventurous landscaper, and future forest therapy guide. She loves to spend time outdoors and encourages people to appreciate what our natural world offers to heal our physical, mental and emotional health.
