Bringing Employment First to Scale: Support After Hire

Author(s)
Alberto Migliore, Kelly Nye-Lengerman PhD, John Butterworth, Kai Y Gunty, Jill Eastman, Oliver Lyons, Agnes Zalewska

Description

A brief for employment consultants and employment support professionals, offering them practical advice on how to support employees with disabilities after hire. Support after hire is one of the five elements of the comprehensive model of employment supports that seeks to increase competitive integrated employment. Effective support after hire strengthens independence and a sense of belonging at work, which are the basis for job retention and career advancement. A sample of employment consultants reported investing on average 96 minutes per day on support after hire.

Suggested Citation

(2020).

Details

Date
5/7/2020 
Type
Brief 
Edition
Number 5
Publisher
Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston
Collaborators
Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston