1. Career Discovery Round Round Table
Brought to you by the Southwest Ohio Provider Transformation Support Network

2. The Southwest Ohio Provider Transform-ation Support Network

3. The Career Discovery Round Table: Introductions

4. Shoptalk (noun) talking about work or business with the people you work with when you are in a social situation. See also: Informal talking & conversation.
We want this webinar to be a version of shoptalk: practitioners coming together to give real examples and advice about how to help make the Career Discovery process work.
Please ask questions.
Shoptalk

5. The Career Discovery Process, Start to Finish
Referral
Authorization
Career Discovery: Home Visit, Interviews, Resource Mapping
Developing the Career Discovery Profile
Sharing the Career Discovery Profile
Using the Career Discovery Profile to develop outcomes, and to develop possibilities
The Career Discovery Process, Start to Finish

6. Who benefits from Career Discovery?
Someone who:
Has a long-term goal of pursuing vocational possibilities
Wants a good foundation for a job search
Has never worked before
Has the time to commit to the process
Wants to overcome some physical, mental, or financial barriers/obstacles before looking for a job
Does not know how his or her interests are transferable into a community job
Is dissatisfied with his/her current job
Has not experienced positive employment outcomes while using traditional vocational services.
Who benefits from Career Discovery?

7. Who benefits from Career Discovery?
Think about:
What place on the Path to Employment is the individual on?
Is the team “stumped” about what moves to make next?
Is there any kind of work history?
Does the team (individual, family, SSA, provider) understand the concept and the process?
Are there unanswered questions?
Who benefits from Career Discovery?

8. Getting Started: Provider Certification + Capacity
Resources:
Rule 5123:
Career Discovery Basics: 4 part webinar series on Loop Ohio: webinars&t=events
Members of this group
Livebinder:
Career Discovery can be offered through a provider agency or by independent providers. More information about provider qualifications: Planning.aspx
Getting Started: Provider Certification + Capacity

9. Since the HCBS Waiver Career Discovery support is outcome- based, it’s a slightly different process than other supports we’re used to authorizing...
In essence, we’re paying for a Career Profile that will assist the person on the best possible path to community employment.
The Career Profile must contain the requirements for documentation in the Career Planning Rule 5123: (E).
How do you authorize?

10. DD and OOD: Partnership to Employment
Career Discovery is a vocational support that helps with informed choice, career planning, and movement on the Path to Community Employment.
Using this process helps individuals benefit from OOD supports and opportunities.
Braiding Funding: utilizing multiple services/systems across a person’s life to achieve desired outcomes.
DD and OOD: Partnership to Employment

11. DD and OOD: Partnership to Employment
Info on the Paths to Employment and when to refer to OOD: DODD_Joint_Guidance_11_15.pdf
Info on differences between Career Exploration (OOD) and Career Discovery (HCBS Waiver):
DD and OOD: Partnership to Employment

12. Career Discovery is a process…
Discovery is the initial step in a customized approach to employment for someone with significant challenges to employment.
Discovery is a process designed to learn who a person really is, discovering and honoring their skills, interests, experiences, relationships, etc., and utilizing that information to create a positive personal employment profile.
Discovery assumes employability with natural supports and IS NOT a tool to determine people unemployable.
Career Discovery is a process…

13. Career Discovery is a process…
Career Discovery Guide + Tools: y_Guide.pdf Updated.pdf
Career Discovery is a process…

14. Meet with the family and support team to discuss the Discovery Process, what it is and what to expect
Start with a home visit
If the person is willing, ask him/her to show you his/her bedroom and focus on how it is organized, what’s in it, and what it says about the person
Ask him/her demonstrate how he/she performs chores, engages in activities etc.
Throughout the visit observe interactions, living context, interests and skills: Hang Out with Intention (HOI)
Make a note of any emerging themes…
How do you do Discovery?

15. When you talk with the person’s family and support people, ask for names and contact information of people who know the person well.
Ask permission to interview those individuals.
Ask about the individual’s interests, support needs, successful support and instructional strategies, skills and performance in various activities.
Identify activities to participate in with the individual to verify interests and skills.
Are there differences among providers on how you all do Career Discovery?
How do you do Discovery?

16. How do you make the Career Profile a useful document?
The Career Profile is a blueprint to help the job-seeker navigate their unique path to employment. It is created from the unique information gathered from getting to know the person and developing and verifying interests and abilities.
Share the Career Profile with the person and their team and add/delete/edit as needed.
Ensure that the Career Profile is used to capture positive and possible aspects of the individual.
How do you make the Career Profile a useful document?

17. Obstacles

18. Aha Moments

19. Questions?

20. Keith Banner, SW Ohio Employment + Community Life Engagement Project Manager,
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