SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

 

 

Able to Work: http://abletowork.org/

 

A consortium of business leaders dedicated to increasing the employment of people with disabilities, believing that people with disabilities bring value to the workplace. The consortium is focused on facilitating a fundamental shift in attitudes and awareness about the abilities of people with disabilities. Able to Work is managed by the National Business & Disability Council, a leading national resource for the successful integration of persons with disabilities into the workforce and consumer marketplace.

 

Alternative Work Concepts: http://www.teleport.com/~awc/

 

A nationally recognized nonprofit supported employment agency for persons who experience physical and multiple disabilities. Its philosophy is that all persons, even those who have significant disabilities, should have the opportunity to obtain meaningful employment, and its mission is to assist these individuals in finding paid integrated jobs in their communities.

 

American Association of People with Disabilities: http://ww1.joboptions.com/jo_aapd/index.jsp

 

This web site allows applicants to post their resume and employers to post job openings. Carries information about the Association, and provides links to related sites.

 

Association for Persons in Supported Employment: http://www.apse.org/

 

A membership organization formed in 1988 to improve and expand integrated employment opportunities, services, and outcomes for persons experiencing disabilities. Supported employment enables people to work and contribute to society. It focuses on a person's abilities and provides support for the individual to succeed on a long-term basis.

 

Best Buddies International: http://www.bestbuddies.org/home.html

 

Dedicated to enhance the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.

 

 

Careers & the DisABLED: http://www.eop.com/mag-cd.html

 

The nation's first and only career-guidance and recruitment magazine for people with disabilities who are at the undergraduate, graduate, or professional level. Each issue features a special Braille section.

 

Careers On-Line (University of Minnesota Disability Services): http://disserv3.stu.umn.edu/COL/index.html

 

A federally-funded project by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Careers On-Line provides job search and employment information to people with disabilities through accessible, up-to-date computer networks on the Internet.

 

Creative Support Alternatives: http://interwork.sdsu.edu/projects/csa/

 

Provides supported living and community employment services to adults with developmental disabilities in the San Diego City area. The agency is committed to persons who are interested in having their support services individually monitored, tailored, and provided by a single small, comprehensive agency.

 

DO-IT Careers at the University of Washington: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Careers/

 

Works to increase the number of college students with disabilities in cooperative education, internship, service learning, and other work experience programs.

 

DisAbility Online: http://www.disability.gov/CSS/SecLevel.asp?intCategoryId=6

 

This site provides all aspects of supported employment, from job resume banks, personal assistance services, to interviewing tips to integrate individuals with disabilities into the work force.  Also lists temporary employment.

 

Employment Support Institute (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business): http://www.vcu.edu/busweb/esi/

 

Provides supports for better decision-making about employment options and policies affecting people with disabilities. As an example, it is launching new hands-on training programs in 2001 for people with disabilities and advocates who want to learn how to most effectively use WorkWORLD decision support software to make informed choices about work incentive programs associated with various Federal disability poverty programs.

 

GLADNET (Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training): http://www.gladnet.org/jobs/index.htm

 

Posts employment announcements on a global basis. Employment offers posted are distributed via the GLADMAIL to recipients world wide.

 

JAN (The Job Accommodation Network- A service of the U.S. Dept. of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy): http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/english/homeus.htm

 

JAN is not a job placement service but an international toll-free consulting service that provides information about job accomodations and the employability of people with disabilities. It also provides information regarding the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).

 

JobAccess: http://www.jobaccess.org/

 

The goal is to enable people with disabilities to enhance their professional lives by providing a dedicated system for finding employment. By posting job opportunities with JobAccess, employers not only exhibit an open door policy but also demonstrate their responsiveness to affirmative action by genuinely recruiting qualified persons with disabilities.

 

National Industries for the Blind (NIB): http://www.nib.org/

 

Established to enhance the opportunities for economic and personal independence of people who are blind, primarily through creating, sustaining and improving employment.

 

Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities: http://www.dol.gov/dol/_sec/public/programs/ptfead/main.htm

 

The mission of this task force is to create a coordinated and aggressive national policy to bring adults with disabilities into gainful employment at a rate that is as close as possible to the general population.

 

Program on Employment Disability(PED): http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ped/

 

PED is part of the Industrial Relations School (ILR) at Cornell University. It conducts research and provides continuing education and technical assistance on many aspects of disability in the workplace. Its expertise embraces legal mandates and operational issues which enables it to facilitate the transformation of public policy into constructive practices.

 

Project ABLE -- Able Beneficiaries Link to Employers: http://www.ssa.gov/work/Employers/able.html

 

A national resume bank that provides employers convenient access to a qualified applicant pool while providing training and employment services to eligible people with disabilities. The resume bank operates through the joint efforts of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Social Security Administration (SSA), Rehabilitation Services Administration, Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) and State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies.

 

Project HIRED: http://www.projecthired.org/about.html

 

Through reciprocal relationships with industry, Project HIRED develops and maintains a range of services to the community, which includes outreach, employment training, job placement, education of employers and advocacy. In 1992, Project HIRED received the Distinguished Service Award from the President's Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities.

 

Rehabilitation Recruitment Center (Stillwater, Oklahoma): http://www.nchrtm.okstate.edu/rrc/

 

Unlike other job banks, the Rehabilitation Recruitment Center job bank is designed specifically for rehabilitation professionals and public rehabilitation programs in the U.S. and its territories.

 

The Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency Program: http://www.ssa.gov/work/ResourcesToolkit/ticketprogram.html

 

The program provides that eligible Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries with disabilities will receive a ticket they can use to obtain employment services, vocational rehabilitation services or other support services from an approved provider of their choice.

 

WorkSupport.com: http://www.worksupport.com/

 

Serves as a gateway to information, resources, and services regarding the employment of people with disabilities.