Colorado Office of Employment First (COEF)

ACRE Organization State: Colorado
​Training Format: Hybrid: Online/Webinars ​

NARRATIVE INFORMATION ON ACRE TRAINING:
Organization Address: University of Colorado School of Medicine, JFK Partners, Sections of Developmental Pediatrics, 13121 E. 17th Ave., C234 Aurora, CO 80045
Contact Person: Brian Dean
Contact Person Phone Number: 720-693-1503                                                  
Name or Title of ACRE Training: Supported Employment Training Focusing on Competitive Integrated Employment & Customized Employment Training
Provide a brief description of ACRE Training: (structure of training, modules, etc.) Basic Level:

• 6-Week (40 hour) Basic Supported Employment Services Training and Certification Course consisting of 10 Course Modules
• Delivered utilizing a hybrid approach that includes both live (synchronous) and non-live (asynchronous) training
• Synchronous Delivery: Live instruction will occur virtually through Zoom twice a week at 3 hours per session.
• Asynchronous Delivery: Non-live instruction will occur within our Learning Management System (LMS). Consists of assignments, case studies, discussion boards, and knowledge check quizzes per each module. Approx. 1-2 hours of time dedicated to completing course work in the Learning Management System per week.

Course Goal:

• To successfully demonstrate competence as it relates to the five domains of the Basic Supported Employment Services course as described below:
• Competency Domains: Hours:
  • Domain 1: Application of Core Values & Principles to Practice
    •  Rights, history, legislation, best practices, professionalism
  • Domain 2: Individualized Assessment and Employment / Career Planning
    • Assess strengths, skills, interests, situational assessment, career exploration, support plan, stakeholder involvement, work impact on benefits, accommodation plan, transition to work models
  • Domain 3: Community Research and Job Development
    • Job Acquisition (involvement of job seeker, disclosure decisions, accommodations, negotiations, job creation/carving and closing the deal)
  • Domain 4: Workplace and Related Supports
    • Job analysis, starting the job, implementing support plans, involvement in usual employer training, systematic instruction, natural supports, social inclusion, fading, positive behavioral supports, ongoing supports and funding, access to resources needed for long-term employment, opportunity for career advancement
  • Domain 5: Electives
    • Active listening and conflict resolution, justice involvement and line of sight supervision, employment specialist professional development, sharing employment successes

 
Employment Services Basic or Professional Level: Employment Services Basic Level
 
Customized Employment Basic or Professional Level: Customized Employment-Basic Level FOR COLORADO ORGANIZATIONS ONLY AT THIS TIME

• 9 Week (Minimum of 40 hours) Basic Supported Employment with an Emphasis in Customized Employment Services Training and Certification Course
• Delivered utilizing a hybrid approach that includes both live (synchronous) and non-live (asynchronous) training, Mentoring, and Technical Assistance on field-based implementation of service delivery

o   Synchronous Delivery: Live instruction will occur virtually through Zoom
o   Asynchronous Delivery: Non-live instruction will occur within our Learning Management System (LMS), login information will be delivered through email prior to the course start date
o   Training includes on-going Mentoring & Technical Assistance per Colorado Training Qualifications and Expectations for Customized Employment Service Delivery

• Course Goal: To successfully demonstrate competence as it related to the five domains of the Basic Supported Employment Services with an Emphasis in Customized Employment Course described below
  • Domain 1: Application of Core Values & Principles to Practice
    • Rights, history, legislation, best practices, professionalism

§  Domain 2: Discovery/Individualized Assessment and Employment / Career Planning

• Discovery activities, assessing strengths, skills, interests, situational assessment, career exploration, support plan, customized employment planning, work impact on benefits, self-employment, written comprehensive plan

§  Domain 3: Community Research and Job Development (Focus on Customized Job Development)
·       Marketing approaches and materials for job developer and job seeker (brochures, resumes, profiles and other materials, planning job seeker involvement and decision making, assistance with disclosure and accommodations requests, networking, development of skills for outreach and interactions with employers to explore their needs, conducting community research including labor market info, range of employers in the area and info on specific employers or industries)

• Job acquisition activities (establishing relationships with business, tours/informational interviews, job matching, employment proposals)
• Domain 4: Workplace and Related Supports
  • Support plans, starting the job, involvement in usual employer training, job analysis, universal design strategies, systematic instruction, natural supports, social inclusion, fading, positive behavioral supports, ongoing supports and funding, access to resources needed for long-term employment, support for job separation, assessing employee & employer satisfaction.

§  Domain 5: Electives

• Navigating the Conversation around Competitive Integrated Employment
• Line of Sight and Other Required Supervision in the Community & Employment
• Customized Employment for Students & Youth
• Group Discovery

States where training is available (if only in specific state(s), or if in any state): Colorado & National Out-of-State Training based on Interest
- Customized Employment Training - Colorado only, at this time
Trainer Names & Credentials:

• Brian Dean, MA, CRC: [email protected]
• Deirdre Sage, MSW, LSW: [email protected]
• Melanie Honsbruch, CPWIC: [email protected]
• Patricia Henke, MS, CRC: [email protected]
• Tiffany Cron, PhD.: [email protected]

Training Format:
Hybrid: Online/Webinars ​