Assisting Job Seekers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Guide for Employment Consultants (Bringing Employment First to Scale, Issue No. 13)

Authors

John Butterworth, University of Massachusetts BostonFollow
Alberto Migliore, University of Massachusetts BostonFollow
Jennifer Bose, University of Massachusetts BostonFollow
Oliver Lyons, University of Massachusetts BostonFollow
Kelly Nye-Lengerman
ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston

Document Type

Occasional Paper

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

Interviews with employment consultants reveal 5 key elements for supporting job seekers with disabilities. This brief describes 5 key elements for supporting job seekers with intellectual and developmental disabilities in finding individual paid employment:

1. Building trust
2. Getting to know the job seeker
3. Addressing supports planning
4. Finding tasks/jobs
5. Providing support after hire

A checklist organized around these 5 key elements makes it easier for employment consultants to understand and implement these support practices.

Comments

See also: https://www.thinkwork.org/assisting-job-seekers-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities-guide-employment-consultants

Recommended Citation

Butterworth, John; Migliore, Alberto; Bose, Jennifer; Lyons, Oliver; Nye-Lengerman, Kelly; and ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston, "Assisting Job Seekers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Guide for Employment Consultants (Bringing Employment First to Scale, Issue No. 13)" (2017). All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications. 88.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/ici_pubs/88