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Competency Area V: Workforce Preparation
List of Competencies
Note: The letter "D" indicates a competency specific to youth with disabilities
- V.1 Ability to facilitate job readiness skill-building and assess employability strengths/barriers
- V.2 Ability to teach job search skills, including use of technology and the Internet
- V.3 Ability to coach youth, assist in job maintenance, and provide follow-up support
- V.4 Ability to match youth with appropriate jobs and careers, including job analysis and skills standards
- V.5D Ability to involve employers in preparation process
- V.6D Ability to conduct job analysis, matching, customizing, and carving for youth with disabilities, including accommodations, supports, and modifications
- V.7D Knowledge of support required to place youth in jobs, including what employers need to know about reasonable accommodations, undue burden, assistive technology, funding streams, and tax incentives
V.1 Ability to facilitate job readiness skill-building and assess employability strengths/barriers
Learning Objectives
- V.1.1 Identify, use, evaluate, and promote youth job readiness skill-building and assess employability strengths/barriers appropriate for various work settings
Selected Activities
- List and describe current successful community job readiness skill-building activities and programs
- Visit jobsEtc.ca and take some of the interactive quizzes to get ideas for self discovery programs
- Develop a job readiness skill assessment survey using local labor market information, case study information, and the demographics of the youth your organization works with.
- Based on the survey results from item #2 above, list and describe several program ideas to meet the needs of this population
Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!
- Identify or develop a survey that will assess individual employability strengths/barriers
- Develop program strategies that will promote the development of job-readiness skills
Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners
- National Youth Employment Coalition. (n.d.). PEPNet Online Index to Quality Practices, 3.4 (working).
- O’Sullivan, K., & Wernick, E. (Eds.). Chapter 4: Deciding HOW to Meausure Results. In From Data to Results: The PEPNet Guide to Measuring and Improving Performance in Youth Programs. Washington, DC: National Youth Employment Coalition.
- Tilson, G., Cuozzo, L, & Coppola, J. (2001). Positive Personal Profile. Rockville, MD: TransCen, Inc.
Other Resources
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V.2 Ability to teach job search skills, including use of technology and the Internet
Learning Objectives
- V.2.1 Facilitate search skills, including use of technology and the Internet
Selected Activities
Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!
- Demonstrate ability to conduct small group work-readiness training, using available curriculum, modified as needed to fit the audience (satisfactory training is based on student evaluations)
- Develop and maintain an updated resource list related to search strategies and resources for career skills, readiness and skill-building.
- Demonstrate the ability to search for jobs using Internet resources
Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners
Other Resources
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V.3 Ability to coach youth, assist in job maintenance, and provide follow-up support
Learning Objectives
- V.3.1 Develop, implement, and monitor strategies to help youth in job maintenance
Selected Activities
Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!
- Develop a plan of youth job maintenance and follow-up strategies
Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners
Other Resources
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V.4 Ability to match youth with appropriate jobs and careers, including job analysis and skills standards
Learning Objectives
- V.4.1 List and describe strategies that help enable you to match youth with appropriate jobs and careers, including job analysis and skills standards
Selected Activities
Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!
- Develop an individualized plan that uses information from career interest and skills assessment tools to identify jobs
- Prepare a matrix that can be used as a guide to match youth with appropriate jobs and careers, including job analysis and skills standards
- Create position descriptions using job analysis skills
Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners
Other Resources
NextSteps.org (n.d.). Job Search Strategies Module.
NIEFS (n.d.). Job Search Skills Portal.
North Carolina State University (2004). Career Manual.
O*NET (n.d.). O*NET Online.
USAJOBS (n.d.).
VA Tech (2005). Job Search Tools and Skills Resources.
YMCA (2005). Job Seeking Tips.
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V.5 Ability to involve employers in preparation process
Learning Objectives
- V.5.1 Facilitate and support collaborative involvement of employers in job preparation process
Selected Activities
Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!
- Demonstrate mock interviews with local employers in preparation process
- Identify employers to serve as curriculum advisors, speakers, work experience sites, or to help in other ways
Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners
Other Resources
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V.6.D Ability to conduct job analysis, matching, customizing, and carving for youth with disabilities, including accommodations, supports, and modifications
Learning Objectives
- V.6.D.1 Use and describe multiple methods to assess, collect, analyze, and interpret job analysis, matching/customizing outcomes for youth with disabilities, including accommodations, supports, and modifications with possible job descriptions
Selected Activities
- Explore perfect career quiz and other interactive tools that help match preferences and skill standards with jobs and careers
- List and describe current community partners and opportunities available to youth with disabilities that you serve (community resource mapping)
Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!
- Visit O*NET OnLine, choose an in-demand occupation and create a matrix of four different types of disabilities and the accomodations, supports, and modifications that a person with each disability may need to succeed in that occupation
Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners
Other Resources
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V.7.D Knowledge of support required to place youth in jobs, including what employers need to know about reasonable accommodations, undue burden, assistive technology, funding streams, and tax incentives
Learning Objectives
- V.7.D.1 Maintain an inclusive and cohesive list and descriptions of support required to place youth in jobs, including what employers need to know about reasonable accommodations, undue burden, assistive technology, funding streams, and tax incentives
Selected Activities
- List support options required to place youth in jobs. Including:
- what employers need to know about reasonable accommodations
- undue burden
- assistive technology
- funding streams
- tax incentives
Demonstration of Learning - Show What You Know!
- Create employer information packets concerning the ten most common disabilities among youth placed in jobs by your organization. Packets should include what employers need to know about reasonable accommodations, undue burden, assistive technology, funding streams, and tax incentives. You may want to visit The Job Accomodations Network (JAN) website for information about job-specific accomodation information.
Resources Developed by NCWD/Youth and Partners
Other Resources
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