The ACRE-approved Iowa-APSE training series will help you gain the skills required to meet the needs of the job seekers you support.

Supported Employment Provider Requirements

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) and Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME) have changed the requirements for personnel providing employment services:

IVRS

Individual Supported Employment: Staff providing services under Individual Supported Employment need all three Certificates—Foundations Self Study, Job Development and Job Coaching.

Job Coaching: Staff providing services under Job Coaching need the Certificates from the Foundations Self Study and either Job Development or Job Coaching.

IME

Individual Supported Employment: Staff providing services under Individual Supported Employment need all three Certificates—Foundations Self Study, Job Development and Job Coaching.

Job Coaching: Staff providing job coaching services need both the Foundation Self Study and the Job Coaching Certificates.

Small Group Supported Employment: Staff providing services under Small Group Supported Employment need the Certificates from the Foundations Self Study Component and either Job Development or Job Coaching.

Certified Employment Support Professional (CESP™)

Additionally, for IME, if staff are providing Individual Supported Employment, they need to earn the CESP™ through the Association of People Supporting Employment First. The IA-APSE curriculum is ACRE approved. The ACRE curriculum is aligned to the CESP™ Content Outline. While it cannot guarantee you will pass the Exam, it will help prepare you!  This exam is the first in the nation to certify personnel working in the field of integrated community employment.  For more information regarding the CESP™ go to http://www.apse.org/cesp-central.

Research (Tilson and Simonsen) shows that the following are attributes of successful Coaches and Trainers:
  • Principled Optimism
  • Cultural Competence 
  • Business-Oriented Professionalism 
  • Networking Savvy 

Tilson, G, Simonsen, M. (2013). The personnel factor: Exploring the personal attributes of highly successful employment specialists who work with transition-age youth. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 38(2), 125–137. 10.3233/JVR-130626

Iowa APSE: Employment First - Employment for All

ACRE: Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators

Pre-Test
Introductions
Introduction to the process
Benefits of the process
Person Centered Career Planning
Social Media
Using Referrals
The FAB Process
Job Development Process
Handling Objections

Workbook page 4

 

  • Complete the Foundations Course
  • Participate in class
  • Pre/Post test & Evaluation
  • Complete discussion questions

  • Field Assignment

    • You are going to go through this entire process using a referral
    • Evaluate how it worked for you
    • May be done in pairs
    • Supervisor must review and sign off on your assignment

    Workbook page 5-6

  • The purpose is to try this process from the beginning to end.
  • It must have the elements as defined on page 6.
  • Most important - your evaluation of how this process worked or did not work for you and how you might do something different in the future.

Workbook page 6

IntroduceIntroduce business-oriented job development method
Learn/reviewLearn /review factor critical for analyses
Learn/reviewLearn/review FAB process for communicating with customers
IncreaseIncrease your job development success
IncreaseIncrease skills in handling objections

Job Coaching: Supporting People on the Job

 

  • Introductions
  • Pre-test
  • Potential Assignments
  • Key values & competencies
  • "I got a person"
  • Natural Supports/Inclusion
  • I've got a person
  • Assessment of workplace culture
  • Systematic Instruction 7-phase sequence
    • EDITH
    • Instructional Considerations
    • Task Analysis/Prompting
    • Reinforcement
    • Tie exercise
  • Social Skills - self-management
  • Technology at work
  • Positive behavioral supports

Page 4

  • Pre-test
  • Participate & attend
  • Post-test & Evaluation
  • Potential Assignments (page 5-6)
    • Coversheet
    • Tell why chose this
    • Assessment of how it worked

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