MTI Success Stories: Customized Employment in Action

Description

As a leader for decades in connecting people to competitive, integrated employment, Kaposia, an employment services provider in Minnesota, has upended the traditional job search process. Instead of trying to fit a person with disabilities into an existing job, Kaposia learns the person’s interests and abilities and then approaches a community employer about customizing a competitive-wage job that suits the person’s strengths. Customized employment depends on person-centered practices, and successful job placement and development varies from situation to situation. In customized employment, successful jobs are developed, not found.

Details

Date
2023 
Type
Video 
Publisher
Minnesota Transformation Initiative Technical Assistant Center (MTI)
Co-publisher
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota

Topics

  • Employment and postsecondary education
    • Employment and workforce development