EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

• Supported Employment Plus, Inc. provides comprehensive employment services for employers and job seekers. In today’s challenging business climate, employers benefit from staff experience in providing well-trained and motivated employees. We work with employers on: Identification of Qualified Workers, Screening of Candidates, On-the-Job Training Provisions, and Job Accommodation/ADA Assistance.

• Job seekers benefit from our innovative programs, directed by qualified and experienced staff, designed to address specific requirements. We work with participants on: Career Counseling, Job Readiness Training, Job Development, Placement & Maintenance, and Job Accommodation Assistance.

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT

• Supported Employment is a unique employment service for individuals who, because of disabilities, need ongoing support services to succeed in the competitive workforce. Supported Employment is paid, competitive employment for people who have the most significant disabilities and have not yet succeeded in their attempt to maintain traditional employment.
  Supported Employment may occur in a variety of normal, integrated business environments. Supported Employment means having a job in the community while also receiving some assistance from an employment specialist or natural supports.

• Ticket to Work is a Social Security Administration (SSA) employment program based on choice and opportunity that offers beneficiaries options for obtaining services and supports to gain and maintain fulfilling employment. Ticket to Work beneficiaries are people ages 18 to 64 who are receiving cash benefits based on disability or blindness under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and/or the Social Security Income (SSI) programs. The goal of the program is to assist people receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits based on disability obtain employment and earn enough money to end the need for cash benefits.

Work incentives include:

• Continued cash benefits for a time while you work

• Continued Medicare or Medicaid while you work