Vocational Development provides an individualized and systematic process in which a person learns to identify viable vocational options and develop employment goals and objectives. This process incorporates background information and uses a combination of testing, situational assessments, community-based try-outs, prevailing labor market data, occupational information, assistive technology, functional capacities, accommodations, and/or modifications. It incorporates respect for the consumer's personal processes of growth, self-empowerment, and development of insight leading to the consumer's informed choice of meaningful career progression goals.
The individualized evaluation plan is based on referral information, referral questions, the initial interview, and the stated overall purpose of the evaluation. The plan is prepared by the person served and the vocational evaluator and will include questions to be answered throughout the evaluation, indicate how and by whom these questions will be answered, and be reviewed and modified periodically by the evaluator and the person served.
A written vocational evaluation report is prepared for each person participating in the evaluation process. The information and interpretation is shared with the person served and disseminated in a timely manner to the agencies and individuals responsible for implementing the plan. The ultimate goal of the program is to make the best possible match between the recipient's interest, abilities, work traits and employment prospects, and assisting them in reaching their maximum vocational potential.
The target population for the program are individuals 18 years of age or older with a vocational disability who are in need of evaluation and employment services.
