IPS Basics
This is the full name of IPS.
What is Individual Placement and Support?
This IPS principle emphasizes that deciding whether or not to disclose a disability or services is always up to the client.
What is Client Choice?
Part of the role is building connections with these professionals to identify job opportunities.
Who are employers?
This tool is used to measure how closely programs follow the IPS model.
What is the IPS fidelity scale?
Employment specialists aim for at least this many employer contacts each week.
What is six?
Name the two pieces of criteria required to be eligible for IPS.
What is a mental health diagnosis, and the desire to work?
One advantage of disclosure in the workplace is that it allows an employee to request these legally protected supports.
What are reasonable accommodations?
Employment specialists help clients not just with job placement, but also with this ongoing aspect of employment.
What is job support (or job coaching/retention support)?
There are this many items on the IPS Fidelity scale.
What is 25?
In IPS, this type of employer contact is considered most effective.
What is face-to-face contact?
IPS is considered this type of practice because research consistently shows positive outcomes.
What is an evidence-based practice?
This type of counseling helps clients understand how working will affect SSI or SSDI benefits and healthcare coverage.
What is Benefits Counseling?
In programs with high fidelity, employment specialists work with no more than _____ clients at one time.
What is 20 (caseload size)?
These three things are to be included in Setworks documentation at least once a month.
What are disclosure, benefits planning, and employer contact?
Employment specialists use this approach, focusing on the needs of the business versus placement.
What is the 3 cups of tea model?
The number of core principles make up the IPS model.
What are eight?
A common reason clients hesitate to work is fear of losing these critical supports, which benefits counseling directly addresses.
What are income and healthcare benefits?
Employment specialists spend about this percentage of their time in the community.
What is 65%?
Fidelity reviews occur every _________ for fair fidelity and _________ for good fidelity sites.
What are 6 months and 1 year?
A key strategy is developing these types of employer relationships based on trust and collaboration.
What are long-term relationships/partnerships?
IPS emphasizes that employment supports should be provided for as long as the person wants and needs them.
What is time-unlimited support?
When a client worries that sharing too much might hurt their chances of being hired, staff can remind them that disclosure is this — or not required.
What is voluntary?
IPS standards dictate that employment specialists carry out service for clients from ________ through ________.
What is "intake" through "follow-along supports/job coaching"?
This is the highest score possible on the Fidelity scale.
What is 125?
During this cup of tea, an employment specialist aims to encourage the employer to speak more than the specialist to gain a deeper understanding of the employer's needs.
What is the 1st cup of tea?