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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 517072" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The Dept of Voc Rehab is awesome around here. They help people who need supports in order to be able to work, regardless of if that is a job coach or trainer or help interviewing or the need training of some kind. LOTS of people have no clue what they do, which is why they have a shorter waiting list than other sources of help. A friend of mine worked as a job coach for a couple of years before she went back to grad school. She didn't need help any more than any other psychology major who didn't listen when everyone told them that you need at least a master's and usually a PhD to do the jobs most people think of when they sign up for that major. Her longest assignment through Dept Of Voc Rehab was with a fiftysomething year old man who swept floors and did basic cleaning at a grocery. This gentleman was super sweet, had held the job for several decades already and the owners noticed that he was showing signs of early alzheimers or something of that nature. He was developmentally delayed but would forget things like what to do with a broom due to the illness. She spent the day mostly keeping him on track and making sure he didn't hurt himself by using something inappropriately. Without the Dept of Voc Rehab paying for her to work with this gentleman, he would have had to be fired and then his elderly mom would not have known what to do with him all day. He wasn't yet bad off enough to qualify for alzheimer's programs that were available at that time. </p><p></p><p>She also worked with a teenager who was unable to work with-o more direct supervision that a business could provide. She said the teen was really sweet but just didn't understand basic social skills and needed 1:1 help to learn what was and wasn't acceptable in the workplace and how to do basic cleaning and busboy type work. </p><p></p><p>Dept of Voc Rehab paid her salary while she was at work with her clients The employer not only got this extra person to train the challenged employee, the also got financial incentives for hiring the employee and allowing her to work wth the employee. It was a complete win-win for the employer as long as they recognized that they could NOT require my friend to do the job that the client was paid to do. One restaurant tried to schedule her for different hours than her client and wanted her to wait tables during those hours. It was not a great situation because the employer was determined that my friend was her employee and <em>would</em> do the same amt of work as any other employee would do in addition to keeping the client dong what needed to happen.</p><p></p><p>This was quite a few years ago, but my friend LOVED the job. It is what helped her decide to work with kids with special needs. </p><p></p><p>So give Dept of Voc Rehab a chance. The worst that can happen is that it isn't rght for Sonic. In which case you help him figure out what he would like to do and then how to help him learn to do what the job will require of him. He might be great at commercial cleaning. There are companies who hire people to go and clean banks, etc... after hours. He might do ver well at a job like that. </p><p></p><p>I hope this is a very helpful thing for Sonic!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 517072, member: 1233"] The Dept of Voc Rehab is awesome around here. They help people who need supports in order to be able to work, regardless of if that is a job coach or trainer or help interviewing or the need training of some kind. LOTS of people have no clue what they do, which is why they have a shorter waiting list than other sources of help. A friend of mine worked as a job coach for a couple of years before she went back to grad school. She didn't need help any more than any other psychology major who didn't listen when everyone told them that you need at least a master's and usually a PhD to do the jobs most people think of when they sign up for that major. Her longest assignment through Dept Of Voc Rehab was with a fiftysomething year old man who swept floors and did basic cleaning at a grocery. This gentleman was super sweet, had held the job for several decades already and the owners noticed that he was showing signs of early alzheimers or something of that nature. He was developmentally delayed but would forget things like what to do with a broom due to the illness. She spent the day mostly keeping him on track and making sure he didn't hurt himself by using something inappropriately. Without the Dept of Voc Rehab paying for her to work with this gentleman, he would have had to be fired and then his elderly mom would not have known what to do with him all day. He wasn't yet bad off enough to qualify for alzheimer's programs that were available at that time. She also worked with a teenager who was unable to work with-o more direct supervision that a business could provide. She said the teen was really sweet but just didn't understand basic social skills and needed 1:1 help to learn what was and wasn't acceptable in the workplace and how to do basic cleaning and busboy type work. Dept of Voc Rehab paid her salary while she was at work with her clients The employer not only got this extra person to train the challenged employee, the also got financial incentives for hiring the employee and allowing her to work wth the employee. It was a complete win-win for the employer as long as they recognized that they could NOT require my friend to do the job that the client was paid to do. One restaurant tried to schedule her for different hours than her client and wanted her to wait tables during those hours. It was not a great situation because the employer was determined that my friend was her employee and [I]would[/I] do the same amt of work as any other employee would do in addition to keeping the client dong what needed to happen. This was quite a few years ago, but my friend LOVED the job. It is what helped her decide to work with kids with special needs. So give Dept of Voc Rehab a chance. The worst that can happen is that it isn't rght for Sonic. In which case you help him figure out what he would like to do and then how to help him learn to do what the job will require of him. He might be great at commercial cleaning. There are companies who hire people to go and clean banks, etc... after hours. He might do ver well at a job like that. I hope this is a very helpful thing for Sonic! [/QUOTE]
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