3: Description of Services and Supports
{"Image DocumentName": "3: Description of Services and Supports", "Image ImageDescription": "Initial Job Acquisition and Retention Phase. Describe Services. Career Planning. Coaching. Training. Trial Work Level Earnings. Ongoing Support Phase. Describe Services: Likely to change over time! Ongoing Job Supports. Assistance to Maintain and Advance. Further Job Placements. Quarterly Contact. Employer Contact. Substantial Gainful Activity Level Earnings. The third component is defining the methodology used to encourage progression through the vocational process and provide resources for sustaining self-supporting employment. This is broken down into 2 components. The first is the initial job acquisition and retention phase. This section is where the EN will include a description of the up-front services the EN plans to provide e.g. career planning, training, job placement assistance, and, if needed, job coaching. Attached to this portion of the description is the monetary goal for anticipated monthly earning which must be at or above Trial Work Level (TWL. The second component is the ongoing support phase which addresses services and supports the beneficiary is likely to need to maintain and advance in employment and recognizes that goals can and often do change over time. This is where the EN will include a description of any other services the EN plans to provide the beneficiary such as ongoing job supports, assistance in understanding how continue work will impact disability benefits, services to help the beneficiary advance within an organization, and, if necessary, assistance in finding another job. Employer contact is very important during this phase. Over the course of the Ticket program, it is proven time and time again that an EN who has regular contact with the beneficiary\u2018s employer will have a successful beneficiary earning at the appropriate levels. This is all designed to help the beneficiary earn and maintain income at or above the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) level. Long-term employment at the Trial Work Level is not an acceptable goal for the ongoing supports phase of the IWP. As part of the required ongoing supports, the EN must, at minimum, follow up with the beneficiary quarterly to determine if the beneficiary requires any additional services and supports to maintain and advance in employment. Note: In the event the beneficiary cannot be located or specifically asks the EN not to contact him/her, the EN should document the inability to locate or the beneficiary\u2019s request in the case record. Such documentation will be recognized as meeting the requirement", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}