This workshop focuses on techniques in career counseling, assessment strategies and individual issues facing each client with a more holistic approach. Client choice is addressed using career counseling methods to expand the employment horizon and at the same time, deal with greater challenges in today's employment market. This is done by focusing on employment outcomes where the employment candidate shares the responsibility of vocational counseling process and assumes the accountability for getting and keeping a job. Social Security Work Incentives Provide education and practical use of all the work incentives offered to individuals receiving either Title II or Tile XVI benefits from Social Security. It is usually done in cooperation with a representative from the Regional SSA PASS Cadre.
Participants have the opportunity to apply each work incentive to different scenarios.
This workshop provides an alternative approach to traditional vocational assessments. It is based on the premise that the person, job, and community be part and parcel of the person's assessment. The purpose of assessment is to identify supports in the four critical aspects of an individual's life that will facilitate employment opportunities. The Ethical Case Management program is designed to provide increased skills for dealing with ethical dilemmas. The training teaches a reasoning process for ethical decision-making.