Training in Employment Supports

FOUR TRAINING OPTIONS AVAILABLE

Choose one below.

01 ACRE

This ACRE Basic Customized Employment Services is a partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associate’s (GHA). The 10-week course is comprised of five modules (one module for each two-week period). Each module has 6-10 eLearning lessons and a quiz, two live debriefing webinars on Zoom, required readings, and an assignment. It will take you approximately 45 hours (4-5 hours per week) to complete this course.

Next course: November 18, 2024, through January 27, 2025

Who can take this course?

To be eligible for this training, you must be part of the CoP, and a provider agency working with Advancing Employment.

02 Everyone Can Work

This powerful, 4-module online course provides a framework for person-centered thinking, planning, and implementation, and is a partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associate’s (GHA). The self-paced course includes short, interactive lessons and activities that support growth in the person-centered thinking and actions required to provide truly individualized services that lead to quality employment outcomes for all. Each of the 4 modules have lessons with associated pages which display how long it will take to interact with each page. The course is stretched over a six-week period and should take a total of 8-12 hours to complete.

Next course: October 1, 2024, through November 15, 2024.

Who can take this course?

To be eligible for this training, you must be part of the CoP, and a provider agency working with Advancing Employment.

03 Support Coordination and Employment

This 2-hour certificate training in employment services is geared specifically to support coordinators with an emphasis on gaining functional knowledge to assist job seekers in pursuing their own unique set of supports that result in an employment outcome.

Types of employment services: placement, supported employment, customized employment, and supported self-employment.
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation: purpose and process.
Common Concerns About Going to Work: benefits, work incentives, continued supports, and full days.
Benefits of Work: health, income, friendships, and economics.

The training is delivered using Zoom and incorporates and pre-test and post-test and results in a certificate of achievement in employment services and support coordination.

Next course:

The first cohort will begin in August 2024.

Who can take this course?

To be eligible for this training, you must be a support coordinator in Georgia.

04 Modern Job Coaching

Since the early days of supported employment, job coaching has been a significant tool in assisting workers with disabilities on the job. However, it has also become mired in a lack of ingenuity. Employers for instance have told us that the job coaching approach we use has some flaws. In focus groups, employers have stated that providers should focus on the development of highly-qualified, well-trained job coaches, not just “warm bodies that sit around the job site.” In addition, employers stated: “Providers should focus on strategies that decrease (fade) the role of the job coach while meeting the needs of employers.” Fortunately, in addition to quality improvement insights from businesses regarding job coaching, several studies including a fidelity scale have been deployed over the last several years that provide a framework for improving the job coaching services to both workers and their employers. In this three-part series, we will delve into the functional changes that can be made to bring this important service into the 21st century.

Topics to be covered:

Evidence-based approaches
Fidelity and Consultative Training and Supports
Natural supports made purposeful
Paid co-worker supports
Technology and job coaching

Each zoom is 90 minutes long and is intended to be interactive. A pre-test and post-test will be utilized for trainees. All staff that complete the sessions and score a passing grade will receive a certificate of completion and opportunity for continuing education and access to further training and technical assistance.

Next course:

The training dates are TBD.

Who can take this course?

You must be a provider of employment services in Georgia and must have completed ACRE training to register.