Job Readiness Flashcards
What service is for clients who need help obtaining and achieving a succesful employment outcome per thier IPE?
Job Readiness Services
Job services are also know as ___________________ services.
Empoyment
Job Readiness Services aids clients in what two things?
Exploring thier employment options & Achieve employment readiness skills
Aids clients in exploring thier employment options
Job Readiness
Aids clients in achieving employment readiness skills.
Job Readiness
True or False: Job Readiness is the larger placement effort
False: these services are stand-alone training opportunities
Job readiness services comprise of what four things?
1) Career/Work Exploration; 2) Work Adjustment Training; 3) Supported Education; and 4) Job Readiness Training - Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC)
Career/Work Exploration provides orientation to the work environment for what purpose?
Assist in understanding the meaning and value of work, decididng to pursue employment, or preparing for employment.
True or False: Career/Work Exploration involves paid work and its purpose is to achieve the IPE vocational goal.
False: It’s different; it’s not paid and its purpose not to achieve IPE
Work Adjustment Training (WAT)
Provides treatment and training in meaning, values, and demands of work.
Work Adjustment Training (WAT) purpose
1) Provide training to foster understanding of the meaning of work, develop skills, and good work habits; 2) Uses real work as a vehicle for the training; and aids in obtaining employment
Supported Education
Provides a one-time, temporary assistance with registration, navigation, cnnecting with school resources
True or False? Supported Education is educational tutoring or counseling
False: one-time help with registering for school
Job Readiness Training NEC
Used in combination with work exploration, disabiltiy skills training programs, and orientation and adjustment to disasbility
What does it mean to be Job Ready?
All necessary services/training have been completed and you’re confident you have the skills to find a job
How do you know if you’re ‘job ready’?
You meet the requirements your job goal requires
Job readiness: “I know what types of __________ I will b applying for” (Fill in the Blank)
jobs
Job Readiness: “I know what the general minimum ___________________ are for the job that I want.” Fill in the Blank
requirements
Who is responsible for looking for jobs that match the job goal?
Client
True or False: Disabled individuals are more likely to experience unemployment or underemployment
True
Purpose of Job Readiness
Provide support in learning about work, the work place, and work-related skills
True or False: RSA is the payer of last resort (Comparable Benefits)
True
Does someone with a disability have the right to request reasonable accomodations for an interview?
Yes according to the ADA and also to ask for reasonable accommodations to enable them to perform the essential job functions.
True or False: It is legal for an employer to ask how they would perform certain essential job functions if they have a readily apparent disability.
True - however, they can’t ask about the disability itself, nor about past drug addiction.
As a VR Counselor, you should help your clients by trying to make them feel that in the process, they are a ___________________ .
partner
Steps involved in reaching a job readiness goal
Objectives
Difference between Mission and Vision
Mission defines the organizations’ objectives while the vision details where the organization wants to go
RSA Mission
Work with persons with disabilities to achieve their goals for employment and independence
True North
All Arizonans who qualify receive timely DES services and achieve their potential
True North Guides an organization (True or False)
TRue: A decision making tool
Job Readiness Training
A group of services such as career exploration, work adjustment training, supported education, and job readiness training not elsewhere classified (NEC) used to assist clients to explore and prepare for employment and jobs.
This service provides a single, short-term education/training experience that assists individuals in achieveing a specific goal which may include classes about dressing/grooming, time management & career exploration provided at community colleges or in specialized training seminars or other short-term empoyment related skill experiences
Job Readiness Training Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC)