We Believe
- Everyone can work.
- Everyone has the right to earn a living wage in a job of their choosing, based on their unique talents, gifts, skills, and interests.
- Employment is a way for people to achieve their personal dreams of success, respect, control, and choice.
- Having a job can be an important part of one’s self-identity and value in society today.
- Everyone should be paid at least minimum wage.
Interested in knowing more about interagency transition teams in Massachusetts? check out the Massachusetts Interagency Transition Teams database, compiled by the MPTE Cross-Systems Collaboration team
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MPTE
The Massachusetts Partnership for Transition to Employment (MPTE) is a five-year project to improve labor market participation for youth and young adults served by the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS).
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Current Trainings
9am-12pm
Strategies for Discovery and Career Planning (2 sessions)
It's more important than ever to make sure job seekers are appropriately using their time to prepare and plan for entering or re-entering the workforce. In this online training, participants will learn how to coordinate and implement person-centered career planning strategies. Over the course of two sessions, the training will also cover strategies to assess a job seeker’s employment goals, abilities, and interests. Topics will include how to identify personal and family networks, develop vocational profiles and schedules, create 30-day placement plans, and use Discovery to identify vocational goals. Participants are expected to attend both sessions, and letters of completion will be provided at the end of the training.
Cost: FREE
Foundations of Community Employment
This course is a great starting point for new staff to gain a solid foundation for their work in the field and for current staff to build on the skills and knowledge they already have. Staff will get an overview of the past and present community employment, understand the social, political, and economic changes leading to the expansion of opportunities for individuals with disabilities and learn how to collaborate with team stakeholders
Please contact Lara Enein at lara.enein@umb.edu with any questions.
Cost: FREE