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Customized Employment

Learn about Customized Employment, a flexible blend of strategies designed to increase employment options for individuals with complex needs through voluntary negotiation with an employer. Discover the benefits and challenges of workplace design and how customization can lead to greater retention rates and a more inclusive environment.

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Customized Employment

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  1. Customized Employment One Creative Option to Support Workplace Flexibility Lisa Cuozzo, Director of OperationsTransCen, Inc. & MontgomeryWorks One Stop Workforce Center October 18, 2007 BPW Foundation Webinar ● Workplace Design: Benefits & Challenges

  2. A bit of history • Customized Employment is: • a flexible blend of strategies, services, and supports… • designed to increase employment options for job seekers with complex needs… • through voluntary negotiation with an employer. Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Dept of Labor October 18, 2007 BPW Foundation Webinar ● Workplace Design: Benefits & Challenges

  3. Result: Employment where • tasks are carved from an existing job, • tasks are restructured from one or more existing jobs, or • tasks are created to meet specific employer need. i.e., a “customized” job description October 18, 2007 BPW Foundation Webinar ● Workplace Design: Benefits & Challenges

  4. What we’ve learned • By customizing employment situations and job descriptions for people with complex needs (with a focus on workplace/ business needs), retention rates greatly improve. • A little creativity goes a long way! October 18, 2007 BPW Foundation Webinar ● Workplace Design: Benefits & Challenges

  5. Customized Employment as a Flex Options Strategy • Typical flex options: • Flexible worksite (telecommuting) • Flex time (flexible scheduling) • Flexible staffing (job sharing or hiring temps) • Additional Customized Employment Flex Options: • Job carving • Task reassignment October 18, 2007 BPW Foundation Webinar ● Workplace Design: Benefits & Challenges

  6. Task Reassignment • Some job tasks of incumbent workers are reassigned to a new employee • allows incumbent worker to focus on the critical functions of his/her job (i.e., primary job responsibilities) and complete more of the central work of the job. • Task reassignment typically takes the form of job creation • a new job description is negotiated based on current, unmet workplace needs. October 18, 2007 BPW Foundation Webinar ● Workplace Design: Benefits & Challenges

  7. Why? • Customized Employment as a Flex Options strategy saves a company time and money. • Allows for a broader diversification of the workforce (diversity and corporate responsibility initiatives) • Creates a welcoming and highly inclusive environment. October 18, 2007 BPW Foundation Webinar ● Workplace Design: Benefits & Challenges

  8. Given the Choice • Given the choice between work and idleness, people will almost always choose work.- Robert E. Drake, M.D, Ph.D. October 18, 2007 BPW Foundation Webinar ● Workplace Design: Benefits & Challenges

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