Supporting Employment on an ACT Team

1. Supporting Employment on an ACT Team Or “It was shake ‘n bake, and I hayelped!”

2. How many of you can name: • The seven principles of Supportive Employment? • The five core activities of Supportive Employment?

3. The Problem for me as a TL: • A lack of a working knowledge of SE (learning then remembering): Knowing what my SE Specialist was supposed to be doing • Knowing what my SE Specialist was actually doing The Gap “Actually doing” “Supposed to be doing”

4. The Solution: Bridging the Gap • A “Commercial” for SE (with built-in repetition) • Two Monitoring Forms • One Flow Sheet

6. The Seven Principles of SE

7. The Seven Principles of SE

8. The Five Core Activities of SE

10. Suggested Supervision Matrix for Indiana ACT Supported Employment

11. What are the Essential Components for Supporting Employment on an ACT Team?

12. Employment Essential Components for Supporting Employment on an ACT Team Training Team Time Outcomes Supervision

13. The Matrix Reloaded Revolutions Focused

14. Team Leader • ACT basic training • Stages of change • Benefits training • Overview of ES position • Employment Specialist • Employment-focused training • Allow for time to shadow with other employment staff • Assign a supported-employment mentor • SE Supervisor/Manager • Employment-focused training • Overview of the ACT model “Just do it!”

15. Team Leader • Responsible for creating a team culture of “recovery = work” • Monitors and redirects Team when interventions do not align with recovery philosophy (i.e., Team sets barriers to working, e.g., job-readiness-group requirement, too many symptoms or poor hygiene, etc.) • Employment Specialist • Encourages Team to assist clients in getting jobs • Utilizes the Team’s resources and knowledge • SE Supervisor/Manager • Supports and assists the ACT Team with their resources and knowledge Quality is Job 1!

16. Expectations are KEY

17. “It takes a licking • Team Leader • Assists with structuring time • Protects the time--80% rule of thumb • (makes sure the Team understands) • Employment Specialist • Paces him/herself • Structures his/her time • SE Supervisor/Manager • Works with the Team Leader to structure and protect time and keeps on ticking.”

21. SE Flow Sheet Contributed by Evette Blackman, Team Umoja

22. Grand Canyon The SE Monitoring Forms helps you see the whole forest

23. The SE Flow Sheet helps you see the individual trees

24. Team Leader • Establishes and monitors goals • Employment Specialist • Stages each individual • Tracks days worked • SE Supervisor/Manager • Continually monitors employment outcomes for funding sources “It’s the real thing….”

25. Use your outcome data to lead your team and your clients.

26. Summary: The Problem & Solutions The Gap • A “Commercial” for SE (with built-in repetition) • Two Monitoring Forms • One Flow Sheet “Actually doing” “Supposed to be doing”

27. Commercial The Forest

28. SE Flow Sheet The Trees Contributed by Evette Blackman, Team Umoja

29. Supporting Employment on an ACT Team Now you can say: “It was shake ‘n bake, and I hayelped!”