Services will be determined and provided on the basis of the individual’s need, preferences and informed choice. Employment placements for clients will be individual or a small group of no more than eight workers. The amount of support a client receives will be flexible over time and vary with the environment. Attention will be targeted to health and safety and the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The planned outcomes of each supported employment placement will be:

• Increase in hours worked by each client towards the goal of 40 hours per week.
• Frequent opportunities for each client to interact with non-disabled peers during the normal performance of the job and/or during breaks, lunch periods or travel to and from work.
• Increase in wages of each client toward the goal of increased financial independence.

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Supported Employment will be conducted in a variety of settings, particularly work sites in community businesses in which persons without disabilities are employed. Supported employment includes activities needed to obtain and sustain paid work by individuals. Activities will include job development, supervision and training.

Some of TEAMS@Work, Inc. benefits planned to aide in this endeavor are to:

• Develop, acquire and maintain work opportunities for clients.
• Help clients choose appropriate jobs or specific employment options.
• Apply training techniques which enhance the social and vocational functioning of clients.
• Monitor wages, hours and productivity of clients on an ongoing basis.

Day Support Services will assist persons in the acquisition, retention and/or improvement of skills that create a quality and appropriate day for the client.

TEAMS@Work, Inc. will offer a combination of supports by addressing the multiple needs for an individual on any given day. This service will assist the individual with community activities, pre-vocational activities, vocational training activities and supported employment activities.

Day support services under TEAMS@Work, Inc. will take place in a non-residential setting, separate from the home or facility in which the client resides.

It is the philosophy of TEAMS@Work, Inc. to provide needed services on an individual basis to increase a client’s ability to be employed and/or actively participate in their community. Service will be based on self-determination principles which support individual to express their choices, hopes, dreams and visions for their life.

TEAMS@Work, Inc. does not have a specific therapeutic model at this time and will rely on the specific needs and informed choices of each client. Service design and implementation will encourage and build on existing social networks and natural sources of support and result in increased interdependence, contribution and inclusion in community life.

Service design will be outcome based with focus on self-determination principles and evidence based practices that continually support individuals towards responsible citizenship.