PROGRAMS
Talent, our employment program, assists job seekers with disabilities who reside throughout Lake, Osceola, Orange, Polk, Volusia, and Seminole counties in gaining employment
Talent began in Osceola and Orange counties in 2008 when we began our partnership with Vocational Rehabilitation. This federal-state program helps people with disabilities to secure competitive employment, on-the-job support, and career progression.
Our Employment Program assists job seekers with disabilities who reside throughout Lake, Osceola, Orange, Polk, Volusia, and Seminole counties. Unlike traditional vocational evaluations, which focus on the jobseeker's deficits, this comprehensive process focuses on skills and abilities, resulting in meaningful employment outcomes.
We get to know the job seeker through conversations and observations with family, friends, and the individual. Activities include home visits, job shadowing, and community-based activities to discover the settings where individuals thrive, and their God-given gifts can be shared with employers. We then develop a vocational profile that can be used to build a roadmap for exploring career paths for job seekers.
Along the way, we provide pre-employment educational opportunities, assistance with applying for jobs, interviewing with employers in the community, and developing an employment strategy.
Once a job seeker is offered employment, we act as a consultant for the employer, providing supplemental on-the-job training as needed. After the new employee is stable in their job, we provide ongoing support to ensure the employer and employee continue to flourish in their new partnership.
Supported Employment
We provide coaching services to obtain and maintain paid employment at or above minimum wage. Once a jobseeker has secured a new position, our employment specialists can assist with orientation and training to supplement an employer’s standard process to ensure a successful placement up to 150 days after hire. During this process, our team will work to enhance natural supports so that the jobseeker is integrated into workplace culture and routines.
Employment Services
Our Employment Specialists provide the guidance the job seeker may need to conduct efficient and successful job searches by identifying work preferences, matching identified job skills with current labor market needs, improving interview techniques, and developing solid resumes with the goal of successfully placing jobseekers in the workforce.
Discovery and Customized Employment
Discovery is a functional vocational assessment that identifies an individual’s interests, skills, and key vocational themes, which are used to develop a vocational profile and plan for customized career development. We use Discovery to determine the unique abilities of the job seeker that may otherwise be overlooked in a traditional vocational evaluation. Our team observes the jobseeker at home and in the community and develops “discovery activities” to identify abilities. The result is a profile that allows the job seeker to customize a career plan that best suits the job seeker.
Talent is an employment program funded by Florida’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR). If you are not currently a VR client and you would like to participate, start by filling out this form.
“Magnify is professional, capable, but above all passionate about their service to this community and the many lives they assist.”
Diana, Employment Partner
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