October 2010 Settlement Supported Employment Slots: FY 11 -- 70, FY 12 -- 170, FY 13 -- 440, FY 14 -- 500, FY 15 -- 550
APSE is a main umbrella/advocacy organization for supported employment in the country. They have lots of resources and publications about supported employment, some are for a fee.
Georgia APSE is our state's APSE chapter, which does great work and advocacy for supported employment.
Supported Employment Fidelity Scale (2008 draft): There is a scale for best practices for supported employment. It includes the following as best practices: (1) Ongoing, work-based vocational assessment (assessments are not one time for right job and support needs but constant – also assessments at first are supposed to be profiles that do not take long and delay job search); (2) Rapid job search for competitive job (the search for a job should start no more than 30 days from initial meeting); (3) Competitive jobs (the type of job sought and obtained should be for competitive wages in integrated setting (not primarily people with disabilities) that are permanent not temporary and full time not part time); (4) time unlimited follow along supports (supports should be forever); (5) Employment services are done in the community including (meeting with participant, job finding, follow-along assessments).
SAMHSA, which is the federal Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration has multiple guides to creating supported employment programs with lots of research on evidence-based best practices.
Georgia Providers of Supported Employment: (please suggest additional links)
Thanks for posting such a nice information with us. At Essex Cares, we also provide Supported Employment Service and we are specialists in supporting working age adults with learning disabilities secure paid employment. We work with both the employee and the employer to find jobs that match the skills, experience and individual aspirations.
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