Mental Health Association
in New Jersey, Inc.

Approved by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, this series for partial care providers offers training on the core competencies needed to assist consumers in partial care settings to become work ready. Topics, explained below, include the relationship of work to recovery, the Social Security Administration Work Incentives, the role of the family and much more.

For more information, contact Gerard Radice at 973-571-4100, ext. 134 or gradice@mhanj.org.

There is no cost to participate. F1 and F2 are mandatory pre-requisites for other sessions in this series and are also recommended by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to obtain a certification of completion, a necessity for Partial Care providers.

 Trainers: Mental Health Association in New Jersey’s Career Connection Employment Resource Institute Training Staff and Highly Qualified Guest Speakers

 Pre-registration is required. Please provide your own lunch on training days.

In-services: Email Ruth Kaluski at RKaluski@mhanj.org to request a consultation or if you are interested in receiving in-service training.

Readiness Assessment and Goal Setting (S1, S2), Wed., March 30, 2016; 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Assessment and Development of Employment Readiness (S1):

·  Address motivation and vocational maturity as well as activities that promote readiness.

·  Acquire an assessment tool that may be used to guide discussions.

How to Identify Goals (S2):

·  Review factors to consider before writing goals including the idea that goals can and will change over time.

·  Learn how to involve consumers in identifying the information that should be included in the overall rehabilitation goal.

Career Planning and Development (S3), Part 1 Wed., April 6, 2016; 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Part 2 Wed., April 20, 2016; 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon

·  Explore employment development from a career-oriented perspective in order to assist people in achieving productive job matches.

·  Learn how to access supported education resources and to develop support plans for people who have chosen a career path.

Support Groups for Employment (S5), Wed., April 20, 2016; 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

·  Discuss the benefits and challenges of offering employment support groups.

·  Gain information about how to start and run an effective, interesting group.

Promoting Wellness and Integrating Clinical and Pre-Vocational Services (S7, S8), Wed., May 11, 2016; 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Six Dimensions of Wellness and WRAP (S7):

·  Review the six dimensions of wellness.

·  Review how to develop a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP).

Provider Roles and Collaboration (S8):

·  Explore common goals that clinical and vocational providers share.

·  Review the roles of clinical staff in the return-to-work process.

·  Discuss approaches to increase collaboration between employment programs and clinical staff.

Methods for Teaching Employment Related Skills (S9), Wed., May 18, 2016; 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

·  Examine how skill groups differ from support and other types of groups.

·  Gain group leadership skills for running successful employment groups.

·  Learn strategies for teaching skills in an effective and interesting manner.