E1MN, a state-agency partnership working together to deliver
a more seamless and timely employment support system.
As a waiver case manager it is critical that you collaborate
with other professionals to support a seamless employment support system
for people with disabilities.
The way you collaborate looks a little different
during engage, plan, find, and keep.
Let's start by looking at the engage phase.
As a reminder, in the engage phase the person needs help
making an informed choice about competitive integrated employment.
In this phase they're not sure they want to work.
They might not even know work is an option.
To support collaboration during this phase
encourage the person to use My Vault.
The waiver employment exploration provider can help the person
set up a My Vault account to do planning activities,
create and share contacts, and securely store and share documents.
If the person does not want to use a My Vault account
help them identify a different method to store and share information
with others on their team.
If you haven't already, set up your own My Vault account.
This will allow you to securely share and receive documents
with the person and the rest of their team.
Once you have our My Vault account set up upload the person's waiver support plan
and share it with them through My Vault
so they have an electronic copy of their own.
Lastly, participate in the intake meeting if the person is working
with a new employment service provider for employment exploration services.
Also, participate in the 45-day meetings
so you support the person with making an informed choice about work.
You can also ask the employment exploration service provider
to create their own My Vault account and share progress reports
with the person through their My Vault account
so the person has their own electronic copy.
They could also share the progress reports with you using My Vault
if you want to store them in your own My Vault account.
Now let's look at the plan phase.
As a reminder, in the plan phase the person knows
they want to work in competitive integrated employment,
but they're not sure what they want to do.
They need help discovering their interests and strengths
and getting ready to look for a job.
The collaboration steps you take during the plan phase
are similar to the engage phase.
First, encourage the person to set up a My Vault account
if they haven't already
or identify a different method to securely share documents.
The waiver employment development plan provider
can help the person to set up a My Vault account
to do planning activities, create and share contacts,
and securely store and share documents.
During the plan phase the waiver employment development plan phase provider
will work with the person on person-centered activities
like creating a personal profile, mapping out their resources and supports,
building a resumé, creating a life trajectory
to clearly show what the person wants and doesn't want
and steps to get what they want.
All of these things and more are part of the person's employment portfolio
and can be created and saved in My Vault.
By helping the person set up a My Vault account
you and the provider are creating a way
to easily share information and collaborate.
If you haven't already you should set up a My Vault account
and share the employment development service plan
with the person's My Vault account.
Lastly, participate in the intake meeting if the person's working with
a new employment service provider for employment development plan services.
Also, participate in the 45-day meetings
so you can support the person with moving their employment plans forward.
You can also ask the employment development service provider
to share progress reports with the person
and with you through their My Vault account.
Now let's look at the find phase.
As a reminder, during the find phase the focus is on helping a person
find a job and get referred for long-term employment support services.
While VRS/SSB staff have a lead role during this phase,
your collaboration is still critical.
Stay informed about VRS meetings.
Ask to be invited and participate in those VRS/SSB meetings.
Ask for and review the VRS/SSB IPE and placement plan.
And monitor progress on the VRS/SSB individual plan for employment
and placement plan.
You can see there are some important ways you can collaborate during this phase.
Now let's look at the keep phase.
During the keep phase you return to having a primary role,
and the actions you take are similar to engage and plan phases.
The collaboration steps you take during the keep phase
are similar to engage and plan phase.
Encourage the person to set up a My Vault account
if they haven't already
or identify a different method
to securely share documents.
If you haven't already, you should set up a My Vault account
and share the employment support service plan
with the person's My Vault account.
Lastly, participate in the intake meeting if the person is working
with a new employment service provider for employment support services.
Also, participate in the 45-day meetings
so you can support the person with keeping their job.
You can also ask the employment support service provider
to share progress notes with the person and with you
through their My Vault account.
By collaborating with other professionals you are helping to achieve
the shared vision.
We will work together to align our systems so that people
who are on HCBS disability waivers get seamless and timely supports
to make informed choices and meet competitive
integrated employment goals.