niki stevenson & carol blessing
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“ Improving Diversity through
Supported Employment ”
Working on Purpose: Six Steps to Employment
and a Framework for Planning
Niki Stevenson and Carol Blessing
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Excerpted from the Citizen-Centered Leadership Community of Practice learning series
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2013 Disability Employment Data
United States• 26% working age adults
are unemployed; 69% of persons with cognitive disabilities are not in the labor force
• 34% (compared to 19% people w/o disability) likely to be employed only part time
Canada• Over 55% working age
adults w/disabilities & 70% w/intellectual disabilities are unemployed or out of the labour market
• Women w/disabilities unemployment rate is 70%
www.disabilitystatistics.org Canadian Association for Community Living
2013 Disability Employment Data
United States• Unemployment rate for
people w/disabilities 13.2% compared to 7.1%
• Poverty level of people with cognitive disabilities 34.4% in 2012
Canada• Over 75% of adults with
intellectual disabilities not living with family members live in poverty
Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S Department of Labor
Canadian Association for Community Living
Why Person’s with Disability Are Not Working• Lack of needed disability support and assistance
• Real and perceived disincentives in social insurance schemes
• Stigma and discrimination
• Belief in lack of potential
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Our power comes from intentional decisions about our own attitudes and behaviors. Where have we become complacent in our expectations about people with disabilities and citizenship? - Connie Ferrell
You are a You are a citizen citizen where you where you are defined by what youare defined by what youcontribute,contribute, not by what not by what you consumeyou consume ~ Mike Green
From Capacity to Contribution
Using a Framework for Planning© as a means for exploring, discovering and surfacing gifts, potential, interests, strengths and highest purpose
How do you invite another’s How do you invite another’s higher purpose higher purpose to show up to show up and find and find expressionexpression? ? ~John O’Brien
Action Planning TemplatePlaces to explore
Potential Roles What needs to happen now?
People who can/will help
By when?
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Introducing Working on Purpose: Six Steps to Employment!
1.Develop a Positive Profile
2.Define the Purpose Work Will Address
3.Explore the Opportunity Field
4.Select the best Employment Model
5.Identify Networks and Market Strategies
6.Plan and Take Action
Step 1: Develop a Positive Profile
• Values & Ideals• Environmental
Preferences• Life & Work
Experiences• Interests• Vision of Contribution
& Valued Social Roles
• Dreams, Goals, Purpose
• Talents• Skills• Learning Style• Support System• Immediate Priorities• Positive Traits
In addition, be aware of preferences & priorities regarding:
• Work Conditions# of supervisors/co-
workersLevel of physical
activityPay scale
• Geographic LocationTransportation
availability
• Environment Inside/OutsideBusy/QuietFormal/Casual
• Hours/DaysAM/PMWeekdays/Weekends/
Holidays
Step 2: Define the Purpose (for work)
• Get secure?• Get balance?• Build skill?• Build experience?
• Get ahead?• Get by?• Skills• Get feet wet?• Trying wings?• A “calling”?
Step 3: Explore the Opportunities
•Develop a community mapping asset inventory plan including the preference/priority detail
•Establish the geographic boundary for research
•Conduct a community-mapping inventory (ABCD building blocks)
• Association Asset Assessment• Geographic Asset Assessment• Economic Asset Inventory• Institutional Asset Inventory• Cultural
Step 4: Select the Best Support Model
• For getting, learning and keeping a job
• “Behind the Scenes”• Individual Placement• Straight Competitive• Self-Employment
• For providing appropriate assistance (type, frequency, delivery)
• Assistive technology• Environmental &/or Social
Assistance• Learning style/preference• Who, What, When,
Where, How
Step 5: Identify and Leverage Networks & Marketing Strategies
Prioritize the list that was developed out of the community mapping effort
Use personal and professional contacts (yours, theirs) to generate a list of people who are directly and indirectly linked to those areas
Step 6. Take Action!
Places to explore
Potential Roles What needs to happen now?
People who can/will help
By when?
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Merging TogetherSix Steps and a Framework for Planning
Working on Purpose Toolkit
•A sample of field-based activities with instructions to get you started
•Information gathered in these activities correlates to sections in the Framework as numbered
•Avoid limiting the experience to these few exercises. Add your own! Be creative! Have fun!
Action Planning TemplatePlaces to explore
Potential Roles What needs to happen now?
People who can/will help
By when?
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Thank You!
Carol Blessing, LMSW
Employment & Disability Institute
Ithaca, New York
Niki Stevenson, MSW
RSW
Extend-A-Family
Waterloo Region
Ontario, Canada