ACCES-VR
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Vocational Guidance and Counseling
Collage Coaching Services
Assessments and Evaluations
Rehabilitation Technology
Work Readiness
Job Development and Placement
Student and Youth Transition Services
Pre ETS & Potentially Eligible Curriculum
CEO provides Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) through ACCES-VR funding. Pre-ETS include existing ACCES-VR service as well as new services to address the career development needs of students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are defined as individuals with disabilities in secondary, post-secondary or other recognized education programs who are ages 16-21. This service will assist students through the provision of pre-employment services with the objective of preparing students for successful long-term employment consistent with their strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests and informed choice. Pre-ETS Services include:
Post-Secondary Counseling for Students – To provide students with counseling related to education options after high school.
Job Exploration Counseling for Students – to provide students with counseling related to careers options after high school.
Self-Advocacy for Students – To develop self-advocacy skills.
Work Readiness for Students – To enhance career exploration and develop soft skills.
Work-Based Learning Development for Students – To develop an internship, work try-out or work-based learning experience.
Work-Based Learning Development may be used as a stand-alone service.
Work-Based Learning Experience for Students – To assist with paid work experience in instances where the employer is unable to place the student on his/her payroll.
Work-Based Coaching Supports for Students (for employment) – To provide coaching for supports youth engaged in paid work experiences.
ACCES-VR Benefits Advisement
Individuals with disabilities are often involved with or could benefit from a range of benefit programs such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Medicaid and Medicare. All benefit programs have criteria for initial or continued coverage. Benefits advisement allows an individual to make informed choices concerning the range of benefits they receive or that are available to them including, the work incentives available to them as they participate in education, training and employment. CEO has a certified benefits planner through Cornell University on staff to work with any individual that feels that they need benefits advisement or an understanding of what benefits are available to them.
VEM Vocational Engagement Model
A journey into the intersection of different disciplines to reinvent the job placement process.
Vocational Rehabilitation has made major strides in the implementation of supported employment beginning in the middle 1980s. In contrast to that, the time frame of individual job placement services has not changed.
The Vocational Engagement Model (VEM) is designed to incorporate Vocational, Educational and Medical models of service into a structured format to achieve a more engaged client and staff as well as a great success rate. To expedite quicker placement, it is essential the skill building and Shared Values Networking (social networking) is utilized through VEM’s Job Placement Service model .
VEM has effectively changed the way that CEO and other agencies provide job placement through the training models we designed. VEM has improved all aspects of job placement from the initial engagement to client’s career quest and job search process. It enables staff to have a complete and more engaged relationship with the individual and the process itself.
“I attended Nicholas Villani’s training “Evolutional Change in Employment Supports: Vocational Engagement Model” recently and it far exceeded my expectations. I’ve attended many trainings and conferences, but this was by far the most impactful and informative in recent memory. I came out with tools, resources and ideas that I’m eager to implement within my program to change the way we engage people with disabilities looking for employment. The Vocational Engagement Model is designed for job placement services, but can easily be adapted for the supported employment, pre-vocational and transition worlds. A win all around! Nicholas was knowledgeable, engaging and entertaining. Definitely worth the time out of a busy schedule.”
Sonya Durrum
SEMP Coordinator, Saratoga Bridges