workforce solutions career offices
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Presentation was created for community partners serving individuals with disabilities to identify resources and ways of connecting with their local Workforce Solutions office.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Workforce Solutions Career Offices: How Can They Be a Resource to the People I Work With?
2. Workforce Solutions- Gulf Coast
- 29 Career Offices
- 13 Counties
3. Required Career Office Partners
- WIA Adult, Dislocated Worker, & Youth Activities
- Employment Service
- Adult Education
- Post-secondary Vocational Education
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Title V of Older Americans Act
- Trade Adjustment Assistance
- NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
- Veterans Employment & Training Programs
- Community Services Block Grant
- HUD Administered Employment & Training Programs
- Unemployment Insurance
Additional non-mandated partners are permitted 4. 3 TIERS OF SERVICES
- Basic: Services available to everyone at no charge
- Expanded: For individuals who are unable to successfully obtain employment through core services
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- More customized to needs of individuals
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- Must meet eligibility criteria
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- Wide variety of funding streams
- Training :For individuals who are unable to successfully obtain employment through basic & expanded services
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- Must meet eligibility criteria
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- Typically funded by WIA Adult & Dislocated Worker Funds
5. Disability Community: Benefits from Using Career Office
- Job leads
- Enhanced labor market knowledge
- Stronger employer relationships
- Access to training programs
- Access to VR and other partners
- Access to computers, technology, internet
- Computerized assessments, data bases, etc.
- Job seeking and other workshops
- Assistance with transition
- Exposure to integrated settings
- Expansion of resources
6. Accommodations
- Accessible Workstation
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- Reader Software (JAWS)
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- Magnifying Software (ZoomText, Magnifier)
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- Large Print Keyboard
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- Trackball Mouse
- Sign Language Interpreters upon request(at least 48 hrs in advance)
7. Disability Organizations Examples of Career Office Relationships
- Basic level : use of basic services by job developer and job seeker
- Accessing training and other services to meet a consumer need
- Co-teaching of workshops
- Use of Career Officespace for individual and group activities
- Consultation on disability issues
- Collaborative service delivery
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- Possibly under Ticket-to-Work
8. Disability Organizations More Examples of Career Office Relationships
- Agency desk within a Career Office
- Coordinated job development with other organizations
- Serving on Career Office disability advisory groups
- Using Career Office to meet agency employment needs
- Special projects
- Career Office partner
9. Type of Agency Career Office Relationships
- Informal to formal
- Ranges from community goodwill, in-kind, to requiring payment (e.g., for use of desk)
- Need for formal agreements will vary depending on local requirements
- Parameters may be contained in state and local plans & MOUs
- Check with Center Manager & WDB
- Remember : everyone is entitled to basic services at no charge
10. Why Do You Want to Work with a Career Office?
- What benefits will working with a Career Office bring?
- What do you want?
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- Services? Resources? Money? Job leads? Referrals?
- What do you bring to the table?
11. The Bottom Line of Partnership: Customer Service
- How can working with a Career Office help you better meet your consumer needs?
- Will working with a Career Office allow you to serve your existing customers better?
- Will working with a Career Office allow you to serve more customers?
12. In working with Career Offices remember
- System is designed to work with high volume of customers
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- In 2009,Workforce Solutionsserved almost 29% of the 125,000 businesses in the region and more than 444,125 individuals in its career offices. The total number of personsWorkforce Solutionshelped get a job or get a better job was 296,000
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- Many services (particularly basic) are fairly self-directed
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- Understand what Career Offices areand are not
13. Getting Started
- Visit your local Career Office
- Start using services on an informal basis
- Learn about your local system
- Set up meetings with decision-makers
- Look for opportunities to collaborate
14. www.workintexas.com
- As part of the statewide Texas Workforce Solutions network, we partner with the Texas Workforce Commission and other workforce boards in the largest job-matching database in the state-- WorkInTexas.com .
15. Who should I contact?
- Career Office Manager, Staff
- Claudia Magallan, Disability Navigator [email protected],
- (713) 692-7755, ext. 1384
- Visit our website www.wrksolutions.com
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- About Us
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- Contact and Feedback Link
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Workforce Solutions is an equal opportunity employer/ program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. (Please request reasonable accommodations 48 hours in advance.) Texas Relay Number: 711 16. I am a firm believer that relationships count more than institutions.Its because you know someone that you start to care about their issues.
- Lenny Zakim
17. Questions? Comments?Remarks?