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Project

Work Works

Center:

GA-Institute on Human Development and Disability, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2014

Contact Information:

Philip E. Chase
[email protected]
706-542-1360

Project Description:

Work Works - The National Web Based Training Project is a certification program designed for Job Coaches and Employment Specialists who assist persons with significant disabilities to direct their own support systems and to become successfully employed in careers they choose and with which they are satisfied for an extended period of time. The programs purpose is to provide a certificate, competency based program to current and potential employees of public and nonprofit private agencies that offer employment services to persons with the most significant disabilities. The on-line training program is a 160 contact hour course offered over 40 weeks.

Keyword(s):

Work, employment, training, job coaches

Core Function(s):

Continuing Education/Community Training

Area of Emphasis

Employment-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Urban

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

National