Customised Employment Workshop with Milton Tyree - 11 and 12 March

• 11 March 2024 12 March 2024
• 09:30am - 04:00pm 09:30am - 04:00pm
• The Alcott, 1 Birdwood Avenue, Lane Cove NSW

 

Making employment a reality for people with disability. 

Customised Employment expert Milton Tyree returns to Sydney in 2024 to deliver this two-day face to face workshop on Customised Employment, focusing on the vital second step after Discovery: Job Development.

Who should attend? 

Families and decision makers within the disability employment sector who have started building their skills and knowledge in the field of Customised Employment. 

Service providers, policy makers, educators and advocates of people with disability seeking to explore the potential of meaningful employment for people with disability. 

Familiarity with the first step of the Customised Employment Process, Discovery, is recommended but not essential.

Register here:

https://bit.ly/MiltonTyreeWorkshop2024 

What will be covered?

• Brief introduction to the essential elements of Customised Employment
• Understanding the role of the Job Developer
• Practical activities to support Job Development efforts
• Describing Customised Employment to potential employers
• Understanding ‘the ask’ and getting to know a business
• Negotiating a role
• Developing a visual resume

Cost:

$80 for people with disability and their family members*

$270 for professionals 

*We want you to attend so if cost is a barrier please contact us on 1800 774 764 to discuss options.

About the presenter

Milton Tyree: Project Associate for the University of Kentucky and owner of Milton Tyree Employment Consulting, LLC

Milton has more than 40 years of experience in the design, development and provision of supports and services centred on people with disabilities having access to valued aspects of everyday life. A particular area of interest has been the ongoing struggle around people with disabilities having good employment. 

Milton’s employment efforts have been strongly influenced by the work of the late Dr. Marc Gold, and he’s an associate with Marc Gold & Associates (MG&A). He’s also had extensive opportunities for study, work and teaching related to the late Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger’s Social Role Valorisation (SRV) theory and its many implications for employment services.
He is a retired project director of the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute where he continues part-time work focused on open employment leadership development. 

Most of Milton’s career has been within his home state of Kentucky, but includes additional teaching opportunities in other US states, Canada, Ireland, India, Australia, and New Zealand.

 

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