Living Opportunities Assessment Process

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Living Opportunities Assessment Process
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Why we do Assessments?

• Informed Choice
• Create good job matches
• Make good decisions for effective training
• Relationship Building
• BOTTOM LINE Create successful
  for a WIN-WIN situation

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How we do it?We rely on 5 roles to accomplish
goals..

• Assessment Team Member
• Job Developer
• Job Coach
• Support Co-Worker
• Natural Supports

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Key to a good beginning ..

• A Good Base of Community Assessment Sites..

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Manufacturing
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Light Office
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Packaging
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Restaurant
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Retail
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Outdoor
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Mailings
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Person-Centered Application Submitted

• General Information
• Past Work Experience
• Personal Preferences and Needs
• Hobbies, What is Important to the Individual
• Gather information from family, service
  providers, etc

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The Assessment Begins

• Job Coach on Assessment Team is assigned
• Job Coach makes contact with individual, family,
  and other relevant people
• Appointment set up to view slide show
  presentation and choose job sites to try out

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Slideshow Presentation
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Assessment Observations

• Observe at job sites of choice the following
  areas as outlined in the Situational Evaluation
  tool.

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Job Assessment Site Situational
EvaluationDATECompany and worksitePhysical
EnvironmentDid the individual seem to enjoy the
work?Learning StyleSocial Interaction
StyleCommunication StyleSpecific
Strengths/AbilitiesPhysical BarriersPossible
Cognitive BarriersLevel of ComprehensionAdapta
bilityCooperationFrustration LevelAbility
to understand directions (with his or her own
learning style)Ability to remember sequential
tasksTimelinessAppropriately dressed/groomed
for the jobVocational StrengthsAnecdotal
InformationEstimation of production level
compared to standard employer expected production
level
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Observation _at_ Packaging Job..
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Observation _at_ Office Work Job..
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Observation _at_ Packaging Job..
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Observation _at_ Restaurant Job..
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Observation _at_ Grocery Store..
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Observation _at_ Ashland Springs
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Outline of Vocational Assessment ReportClient
NameReferral SourceDate of ReportEvaluatorSum
mary of person doing assessment on (I.E.
educational background, prior work experiences,
pertinent likes and hobbies, what "dream job"
would be, etc)JOB SITE TRIED OUT (i.e. Pizza
Hut)Job Tasks i. folding pizza
boxes ii. bagging chicken wings iii. stamping
couponsNarrative of experience and observations
at the job site using the situation evaluation
tool as a guide(USE ABOVE FORMAT FOR EVERY JOB
SITE TRIED OUT)Employment ProfilePreferences
i.e. likes to work outdoors, prefers social
environmentJob Related Skills i.e. is good at
filing, good organization, etcLevel of
Supervision i.e able to work independently w/
routine supervisionLearning Style i.e. learns
best by observing someone performing task
firstClosing Recommendations Pulling it all
together, an overview of the assessment and what
the person would like to achieve vocationally
as well as specific supports they will need to
achieve their goals.
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One role of job coach is to initially learn new
job to be a better teacher..
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ICW Kelly Amelia
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TJ Maxx Eat in the Raw
Tammy
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Record Masters Animal Shelter Andy
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City of Medford Eric
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Berrys Auto Body David
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How do we begin?

• Research Development
• Establish staff to implement assessments
• Train staff on the assessment process
• Establish business relationships to obtain
  develop job sites for try outs
• Select individuals from clientele to start
  assessments