Participants will build the skills necessary to find employment such as interviewing / mock interviews, role playing, job search skills, performing job tasks, rights of an employee, etc. Participants will investigate, discuss, and practice specific job functions and duties associated with a variety of types of employment and learn how those job functions could be modified to meet an ADA accommodation.
Curriculum
Exploring Occupational Possibilities
- Rewards of working
- Sources of occupational training and job placement opportunities
- Identify personal and societal values met through work
- Classify jobs into occupational categories
- Investigate local occupational decisions and develop a training play
Occupational Training and Employment
- Searching for a job
- Applying for a job
- Interviewing for job
- Work adjustment
- Meeting job standards
- Adjusting to changes in employment
Work Habits and Behavior
- Following directions
- Attendance and punctuality
- Importance of supervision
- Job safety
- Working cooperatively with others
- Meeting work quality and quantity standards
Job Role Play
- Explore job and volunteer opportunities like working at the Food Bank sorting food items, boxing food, taping boxes, and preparing boxes for delivery. Or working at the post office stuffing envelopes, putting stamps on mail, and preparing packages to be mailed.