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Employment Trainings 

 

 

Primary Trainer/Consultant: Paul Barry

Title: "The Menu Approach to Employment"

Abstract:  Providing consumers with a menu of paid employment choices that offer a wide variety of work arrangements can create an alternative to lengthy and often endless pre-vocational training and preparation. An effective menu offers paid employment entrees in a wide range of environments from casual labor to group placements to agency owned businesses to part time and full time competitive employment. Paid "Work for a Day" can be included on the menu as an appetizer. Each of these options require that staff-time usually spent preparing consumers for employment is spent supporting them in the community instead.

 

Primary Trainer/Consultant: Paul Barry
Co-Trainers: Job Developer

Title: "Making Employment Work for Adults in Recovery from Mental Illness"

Abstract:  "Separate but Equal" has become an unacceptable strategy except in mental health where consumers are often provided ongoing vocational groups, classes and clubs while the rest of us have paying jobs. This workshop will offer a clear alternative by addressing the following topics:

  • The seduction of the Patient Role
  • Replacing the goal of Maintenance with one of Growth
  • Creating Structure & Strategies that promote employment
  • Motivating Staff and Consumers
  • The Job of Job Development
  • Case Management Support of Employment

 

Primary Trainer/Consultant: Paul Barry
Co-Trainers: Deli 456 Management

Title: "Providing Employment through an Agency Owned Business"

Abstract:  For many individuals in recovery from mental illness the move from not working to competitive employment can feel overwhelming, intimidating and impossible. Many consumers have had so much trouble making this leap that they often find comfort in the role of perpetual pre-vocational pupil. Agency owned businesses provide real jobs with real benefits and real risks combined with extraordinary supports provide a viable alternative. This workshop will provide the basics of starting and operating an agency owned business that can provide an array of maketable work experiences to consumers. Topics covered include:

  • The Basics Behind A Good Business Choice
  • The Business Plan
  • Rehabilitation within the Business
  • Staying Afloat