1. A COLLABORATIVE MODEL OF JOB DEVELOPMENT FIVE BEST PRACTICES
February 3, 2011
IAJVS professional development training session
By: Joanna Samuels, JVS Toronto
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Agenda
Case study
Background
The Hypothesis
5 Best Practices
Conclusion
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3. Case Study Sustainable Paid employment
CLIENT
Employment Counsellor
EMET EMPLOYMENT
Job Developer
Canadian Workplace
Communication /
Language program
Job Developer/Job Coach
Project Gold
Disability Services
Interim Job Board
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Job Developer
Employment Ontario
Centre
Sustainable
Paid
employment
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4. Collaborative Job Development by Joanna Samuels
The Background
Program-focused
workplace culture
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5. The Hypothesis Collaboration is Cheaper Faster Better
(Tanya Shurman, 2010, Centre for Social Innovation)
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6. Collaborative Job Development by Joanna Samuels
Collaborative Architecture fosters workspace creativity and teamwork (Globe & Mail, Dec 7, 2010)
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7. Collaborative Job Development by Joanna Samuels
Harvard Business School’s Innovation Lab Drives innovation by connecting entrepreneurial teams (HBS Alumni Bulletin, December 2010)
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8. The Research Literature
Collaboration is central to organizational effectiveness and success (Van Laere & Heene, 2003)
Employees who work together and collaborate demonstrate improved performance and motivation, better outcomes and a more positive perception of their work than employees who work alone (Jameson et al., 2006)
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5 Best Practices for effective collaboration in the workplace of job developers
Work teams
Collaborating cross agency (JVS)
Technology
Collaborating with employers
Collaborating with other community organizations
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10. Collaborative Job Development by Joanna Samuels
1. Work Teams
Monthly team meetings of job developers
SHARE
PROBLEM SOLVE
NETWORK
BUILD TRUST
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL BUILDING
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11. 2. Collaborating cross-agency
Employment Counsellors / Case managers / Career Counsellors
Program coordinators and administrators
Quality referrals
Case management meetings
Sharing information and expertise
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12. 2. Collaborating cross-agency
Interim web-based job board (internal online)
Emet Employment (formerly known as ParnossahworksCanada.org) – external online job board and collaborative employment support service
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3. Technology
distribution list
Social networking (Linked-in, Facebook)
Training and professional development (IAJVS session)
Interim job board
Emet Employment
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14. 4. Collaborating with Employers
Recruitment and selection
Corporate social responsibility / diversity / employment equity initiatives
Holiday greetings and special events
Nominating employers
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15. 5. Collaborating with other community organizations
Joint government proposals
Job matching
Sharing knowledge, information and expertise
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Conclusion
Collaboration helps to adapt to changes and meet the common goal – employed clients
By working together across the agency, across the community regardless of program or service or organization, or level in the hierarchy, we can build strong and effective teams which will lead to better served clients, employers and stakeholders as well as motivated employees.
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17. humankind, those who learned to collaborate and improvise
“In the long history of
humankind, those who learned
to collaborate and improvise
most effectively have prevailed.”
- Charles Darwin
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Questions????????
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Questions to ponder:
Is your workplace a collaborative culture?
Does your agency work together to help the clients?
Do you work together to help each other? How?
What do you need in place to be able to work collaboratively?
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THANK YOU!
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