Supported Employment
Websites:
Able to Work
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
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
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
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)
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
Serves as a gateway to information, resources, and services
regarding the employment of people with disabilities.