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Employment Support Services (ES)

We provide tailored services that assist individuals in maintaining paid employment within community businesses and settings. These services occur in integrated, community-based environments.

Services Requiring Direct Contact:
Certain job support services that involve direct contact with the person may include:

  • Job analysis
  • Job redesign
  • Coaching on workplace self-care, appropriate attire, personal hygiene, and grooming
  • Job training and coaching to enhance and maintain work skills, behaviors, and coworker relationships
  • Job-related counseling, including assistance with understanding earned wages and their impact on benefits
  • Training and coaching related to job-related transportation
  • Progress review meetings and reporting
  • In-service transportation

Services Not Requiring Direct Contact:
Job support services that do not require direct contact with the individual may include:

  • Arranging adaptive accommodations (e.g., modified work tasks, flexible schedules, telecommuting, etc.)
  • Arranging assistive technology (e.g., ergonomic workstations, magnifiers, speech-to-text software, captioning, audio/visual cueing, etc.)
  • Advocacy, negotiation, and liaison communication with the employer
  • Development and strengthening of natural work supports
  • Researching and coordinating job-related transportation
  • Collaborating with employers to establish and implement follow-up schedules, job coach sharing, fading support, and monitoring

Group Employment Support Services:

  • Formation of skilled, job-specific work crews and job enclaves for group support arrangements
  • Data collection, documentation, and progress reporting on job performance
  • Gathering, reviewing, and analyzing benefits to understand how changes in circumstances affect benefits
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