Supported Employment – individual employment support services are the supports to participant who, due to disabilities, need ongoing support to obtain and maintain an individual job.
These jobs are ordinarily in competitive or customized employment, or self-employment, in an integrated work setting in the general workforce.
Participants are compensated at or above the minimum wage, but not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by individuals without disabilities.
The outcome of this service is sustained paid employment at or above the minimum wage in an integrated setting in the general workforce, in a job that meets personal and career goals.