Employment: Families Accidental Activists and Disrupters
This NSIEC webinar will provide an overview of recent research and advocacy work conducted by the Family Support Network for Employment (FSNE). Established in 2018, FSNE is a family-led coalition with a fast-growing base of over 300 Ontario families.
FSNE advocates for employment opportunities and jobs in the open labour market for individuals with developmental disabilities who face higher employment barriers. Their vision is to transform employment support practices in Ontario with a commitment to Employment First principles, policy, and best practices.
In 2021, FSNE consulted with diverse employment stakeholders in Ontario to identify the obstacles that individuals with intellectual disabilities face that leave them out of the labour market. This led them to identify gaps in developmental and employment support services in the province. Their research indicates that current approaches focused on building employable skills and supported employment have been largely unsuccessful.
Informed by this research and recent advocacy work, this webinar will: (1) discuss the role of employment stakeholders with emphasis on the individual with an intellectual disability, the family members, and the service providers; (2) explain the possibilities of applying the “Consultive-Selling Model” with third party support representation in securing employment for people with intellectual disability; and (3) propose transformations on the employment services sector needed to improve outcomes for individuals with intellectual disability.
Please join Inés E. de Escallon, Co-Chair of the Family Support Network for Employment and Angela Hoyt, Principle, Evolution Group as we discuss the impact that adequate policies have on the lives of individuals experiencing disability and their families when accessing and retaining meaningful and competitive jobs.
Angela Hoyt collaborated with Sarah Delicate to write Smoke and Mirrors, The Illusion of the Employment Services.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Oct 13, 2022 01:00 PM Halifax
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