Supported Employment: Employer Engagement
Hours: 0.50
Sometimes it can be challenging to engage employers in supported employment programs. It can be difficult to know how to approach employers, or how to encourage them to give people with disabilities an opportunity to work. This course will describe strategies to engage employers as partners and for facilitating a good match between employers and individuals with SMI.
Sometimes it can be challenging to engage employers in supported employment programs. It can be difficult to know how to approach employers, or how to encourage them to give people with disabilities an opportunity to work. This course will describe strategies to engage employers as partners and for facilitating a good match between employers and individuals with SMI.
Commission for Case Manager Certification
This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide 0.7500 hours of continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers.
Identify at least three supported employment strategies that engage employers as partners.
Recall key ways to facilitate a good match between a client with serious mental illness, or SMI, and potential employers.
Outline:
Section 2: Employer Engagement
ReferencesSubject Matter Expert: Pamela Green, LCSW RPT
Pamela Green is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist. She has devoted over thirteen years to helping children and families within vulnerable populations heal from and overcome the many obstacles they face. Pam also has extensive experience in Crisis Intervention as she was an Intensive Family Intervention Team Leader for five years and spent several years working with a Domestic Violence Intervention Program as an advocate and a therapist to help survivors heal from their traumatic experiences, navigate legal systems, and access much-needed resources to change their lives for the better. Pam also provided clinical direction and supervision as zone leader for a 10-county, community mental health agency for several years. In addition, she has experience in work rehabilitation for people with disabilities across a range of ages and disability types.
Disclosure: Pamela Green, LCSW RPT has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
The target audience for this course is: Alcohol and Drug Counselors; Case Managers; General Staff; Marriage and Family Therapists; Professional Counselors; Psychologists; Social Workers; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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