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The Employment Services Certificate is being offered by Incompass Michigan and is based on a curriculum developed by TransCen, Inc.
The certificate curriculum is endorsed by Association for Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE). In order to promote best practices in the field of employment, ACRE encourages the use of competency-based training. The competencies on which this training is based are a melding of ACRE's original Employment Services competencies with the Essential Elements of Customized Employment. Click to view a list of these competencies.
This Employment Services Certificate is comprised of an initial 12 hours of synchronous online training Workshop and a 28 hour online Certificate Course that includes coursework, support from instructors, and field based assignments.
The ACRE Employment Services certificate helps to build a foundation of knowledge and skills, including those used in customized employment, to assist people with disabilities to achieve and maintain competitive employment. VR is currently developing additional training requirements for providers specializing in customized employment. This curriculum may not align with VR expectations for credentialed staff providing Customized Employment to MRS or BSBP - Incompass Michigan will continue to work with our VR partners to establish a sustainable credentialing process for customized employment practitioners.
Modules include:
- Application of Core Values and Principles of Practice
- Individualized Assessment and Employment/Career Planning
- Community Research and Job Development
- Workplace and Related Supports
All sessions are 9:00-11:00am ET and will be conducted virtually.
WORKSHOP
- July 14
- July 21
- July 28
- August 11
- August 18
- August 25
CERTIFICATE COURSE (must complete the Workshop first, space is limited and available on first come basis)
- September 1
- September 15
- September 29
- October 13
- October 27
- November 10
- November 22 (Tuesday)
- December 1
Participant Time Commitment
Participants are required to attend all of the sessions in full.
- Any makeup sessions requested will incur an additional fees.
- As part of the registration process, supervisors of participants are agreeing that the registered participant will be authorized to devote an average of four hours per week to attend trainings and complete quizzes, discussion boards, activities and field assignments.
Participant Accountability
To earn an Employment Services Certificate with an Emphasis on Customized Employment each participant will:
- Attend all sessions of the Workshop in full
- Attend all sessions of the Certificate Course with instructor-led trainings in full.
- Complete readings, assignments, and quizzes to the satisfaction of the instructor.
- Post discussion boards, activities, assignments and quizzes by date assigned.
Assignment due dates will be established by the instructor. It is the responsibility of the participant to communicate with instructor and facilitator if there are problems with meeting the requirements and due dates of the certificate program.
The quizzes can be taken multiple times until all the questions are answered correctly.
No activities/assignments will be accepted past the course end date.
The lead instructor for these sessions is Heather Barsy of Integrated Services of Kalamazoo. Assistant instructor is Jill Gorde of Community Enterprises of St. Clair County.
Workshop only:
Incompass Michigan Members: $99.00
Non Members: $149
Full Certificate Course if registering by July 13 (includes Workshop and Certificate Course) 40 hours:
*SEATS ARE LIMITED
Incompass Michigan Members $299
Nonmembers $349
If a participant completes the Workshop then decides to add the additional 28 hour Certificate Course, session fees for the Certificate Course are $249 for members and $299 for non-members.
Please contact Laurie Morse-Dell with any questions at ldell@incompassmi.org.
Incompass Michigan is a statewide network of comprehensive human service providers working together to develop independence and achieve inclusive communities.
TransCen, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to improving educational and employment outcomes for people with disabilities. Our work is driven by the belief that there is a job for everyone who wants one, regardless of the nature of their disability, or other barriers to employment, their need for workplace support and accommodation, or economic circumstance. Our associates develop, implement, and research innovative practices regarding school-to-adult life transition, career and workforce development, and inclusive community participation
Advocacy, public policy, education and training of community rehabilitation personnel to enhance employment outcomes of persons with disabilities
- Advocacy: promoting national personnel standards and quality services for individuals with disabilities
- Public policy: promoting the employment and training of qualified personnel in community rehabilitation programs
- Education and training: based on a set of competencies to provide consistency and quality across the nation
ACRE
- primary focus is on training and education of community rehabilitation personnel
- seeks to improve outcomes and quality of life for persons with disabilities who receive community-based rehabilitation services by increasing the competence of personnel and quality of service they provide
- seeks to increase the effectiveness of community rehabilitation programs to work in partnership with persons with disabilities to achieve meaningful employment outcomes
- pursues collaborative relationships with national and state rehabilitation organizations and education and training programs to further develop needed service resources
- seeks to improve the outcomes from community rehabilitation services by working collaboratively to enhance public policy and funding
Employment Services Certificate
The Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators (ACRE) awards nationally recognized Certificates of Achievement to providers of employment services to people with disabilities. This Certificate documents that the provider has satisfactorily completed a minimum of 40 hours of training or professional development provided by an ACRE-approved training resource.
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