What is Supported
Employment?
Supported employment is
a new way of helping people - even those with the most
challenging disabilities - to get and keep real jobs.
Our experience with using
supported
employment contradict traditional facility-based
programs like sheltered workshops that focus on readiness
training (“train
and place”).
Studies have
shown that most of the individuals in such programs
do not ever get jobs, earn on average poor wages, and
are perceived primarily by their disability, rather
than their strengths.
Supported employment focuses
on immediate employment and long-term support (“place
and train”). |
