Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
2019
Keywords
Community Life Engagement, CLE, Access to Integrated Employment, AIE, Participation, ThinkWork
Disciplines
Rehabilitation and Therapy | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work | Sociology | Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling | Work, Economy and Organizations
Abstract
Leadership at Work Inc., a provider in the Boston area, thought about the holistic approach to providing individual supports even before their agency’s transformation began. Work Inc. designed its community liaisons program to have three components: volunteerism, with the intention of identifying employment opportunities and contributing to the community; recreation, “because everyone wants to have fun”; and instruction, with a focus on skill-building and identifying interests and talents. In designing and implementing the program, Work Inc. staff considered each person’s interests, and turned former workshop staff into “community liaisons.”
Recommended Citation
Kamau, Esther and ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston, "Service Provider Promising Practice - Work Inc.: Developing A Community Liaison Program to Address Holistic Needs" (2019). ThinkWork! Publications. 92.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/thinkwork/92
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Social Work Commons, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Commons, Work, Economy and Organizations Commons