By attending our daily programs, our clients and trainees develop the #skills they need to eventually work in community employment settings. Our #mission is two-fold; we prioritize providing a safe and secure environment for our individuals to learn so they are prepared to serve their local communities well, all while building independent, purposeful lives for themselves. Visit our website (https://lnkd.in/eGkiPQyC) to learn more about our mission, and the great programs and services we offer that benefit both our clients and the surrounding community.
🦉 The second issue of the WASHINGTON INITIATIVE FOR SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT WISE Online Academy (WOA) Owl newsletter has arrived! Our hope with this newsletter was to continue to elevate the good work of the students who have gone through this series and highlight the connection of how this training directly impacts outcomes for people with Disabilities in their job pursuits.
📣 If you were a previous WOA 100 student, we highly encourage you to fill out our survey (included) that showcases the jobs you are supporting people to get.
✔ If you are a community partner looking for more information about quality training for Employment Professionals, click the link to learn more.
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Job alert!
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation seeks an Employment Program Officer to develop and lead the Foundation’s Employment grantmaking. For more information and to apply, check the link below.
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Community Employment Schemes INTREO.
The Community Employment (CE) programme (more commonly known as the ‘CE Scheme’) is designed to help people who are long-term unemployed (or otherwise disadvantaged) to get back to work by offering part-time and temporary placements in jobs based within local communities.
If you are a participant in the CE scheme, you can take up other part-time work during your placement. After the placement, you are encouraged to look for permanent jobs elsewhere, based on the experience and new skills you have gained while on a Community Employment scheme.
You can find out more about CE and the experience of CE participants in the DSP video on Community Employment.
If you are a CE supervisor or a CE assistant supervisor, you can get a once-off CE Ex-Gratia Payment after you reach retirement age. You can find out more on gov.ie.
The Department of Social Protection (DSP) gives allowances and funding to assist with the Community Employment scheme, for example, your wages, supervisor grants, materials grants and specific skills training grants. Community Employment sponsors are the voluntary organisations or public bodies that manage CE schemes at a local level. Detailed information is available in the Community Employment procedures manual (pdf).
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Courtney Haynes, chief engagement officer for the nonprofit advocacy group Opportunity@Work, says that 77% of employers are having difficulties finding skilled talent, according to data from Manpower Group. Despite this need, nearly half of the active labor force lacks a bachelor’s degree or higher and may be excluded from access to more than 70% of jobs.
I don't think folks truly understand how powerful the Michigan Global Talent Initiative ($5 million of annual state funding to ensure immigrant talent helps us reach our Sixty by 30 goals, adding 100,000+ college-educated immigrants to Michigan's workforce). Last week we re-launched a statewide skilled immigrant integration program ensuring that foreign-trained and educated immigrant professionals had individualized job coaching, Upwardly Global software licenses and more. This $1 million program ensures every foreign-trained and educated professional in Michigan has the support they need to thrive.
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