Supporting Job Seekers

The literature about effective support practices for assisting job seekers with disabilities is extensive. However, employment consultants do not always implement these practices consistently. This suggests that there is a need for articulating these practices into a clearer, more easily communicated support guide. This brief provides a checklist of support activities, organized around five key elements: 1. Building trust; 2. Getting to know the job seeker; 3. Addressing supports planning; 4. Finding tasks/jobs; 5. Providing support after hire.

This factsheet is a basic overview of Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits.

The Institute for Community Inclusion’s Employment Services Team worked to provide high-quality remote supports to individuals impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak in innovative and creative ways.

Seeking Equality, Empowerment and Community (SEEC), a Maryland-based provider, has implemented a broad online curriculum as a response to the Covid-19 outbreak called Stay At Home to assist clients to engage in their community and workplace.

This promising practice outlines how the Institute for Community Inclusion’s Employment Services Team (EST) has been able to leverage natural supports for essential workers during the Covid-19 outbreak. The EST’s core strategy of cultivating of natural supports at the time of job placement has enabled staff to continue to easily provide any necessary supplemental support remotely.

TURN Community Services, a service provider in Utah, developed strategies to support individuals who received employment supports and remained on the job during Utah’s Stay At Home, Stay Safe directive period and during the state’s reopening phases.

This brief offers tips about building trust with job seekers as a first step toward finding the optimal job match .

This brief outlines effective practices for getting to know job seekers.

This brief offers tips about addressing a job seeker’s support needs to increase job retention and career advancement .

This brief offers tips about finding tasks and jobs for career seekers with disabilities.