ICI COVID-19 Publications & Resources
The Institute for Community Inclusion (IC) has an ongoing series of publications and resources to help professionals, individuals, and families maintain an Employment First focus through this challenging time. Go to ICI’s special COVID-19 web page.
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
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
All in-person trainings are cancelled until further notice. The following online courses are currently available.
Strategies for Discovery and Career Planning (June, 2020)
This workshop will focus on strategies used to assess the job seeker’s employment goals, abilities, interests and capacities. Participants will learn how to coordinate and implement person-centered planning, identify personal and family networks, develop vocational profiles and schedule and evaluate situational assessments. We will also discuss how to use Discovery to engage the job seeker in identifying their vocational goals and maximizing the information you learn about them.
Cost: FREE
Earnings and Benefits: Using Social Security Work Incentives (June, 2020)
Many job seekers worry about losing their benefits when going to work. This training will provide an overview of the impact of earnings on Social Security benefits. Topics include the differences between SSI and SSDI, SSA Work Incentives, how to keep medical benefits while working, how to explain benefits to job seekers, families and other stakeholders, and resources available to assist job seekers with benefit planning issues.
Cost: FREE
Job Coaching and Support Strategies (June, 2020)
This workshop will be available around the clock (24/7) from May 1 through May 31, 2020. It should take about 12 hours to complete. Participation is self-paced and flexible. Included are a variety of formats: readings, presentations, discussion forums, videos, professional development activities, and assignments. An instructor will be available on a regular basis throughout the month to answer questions and give feedback. Instructions for accessing online courses are emailed, usually around a week before the course start date.
Cost: FREE
When Existing Jobs Don’t Fit: Creative Job Development for a Challenging Economy (June-July, 2020)
For many of individuals, the current job postings are not a good job match for a variety of reasons. Now more than ever we need to learn about the employer’s business needs, customize the job match to meet those needs and the unique skills and attributes of the job seeker. This training will discuss how to identify all the skills, abilities and interests of your job seeker, create job seeker tasks lists and identify employers to target based on all the information you have gathered. You will also learn how to negotiate with employers using business strategies and language, write an employment proposal and finalize the job offer.
Cost: FREE
Foundations of Community Employment
This course begins with an overview of community employment, including current social, political, and economic changes that are leading to expansion of opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
If you are working towards your ACRE Certificate or would prefer to have more time to review this content, register for this online course instead of the webinar.
Cost: FREE