Evaluating and Developing Employment Services

This lesson will describe the first steps in incorporating an employment program  into a CIL’s line of service offerings, including evaluating the CIL’s current knowledge, skills, and activities, gauging organizational commitment, and assessing organizational capacity. The tool described in this lesson will assist participants in evaluating their CIL’s readiness and capacity needs, in order to build an effective employment program.

• Introduction
  • Resource: Employment Program Readiness Assessment Tool
• Components of the CIL’s current model and capacity
  • Investment in Employment Services
  • Support for Employment Services within Social Service Programs
  • Approach to Employment Services
  • Organizational Delivery of Employment Services
  • Organizational Approach to Benefit Access and Planning
• Identify Existing Capacity
• Capacity Building
• Wrap-Up/Quiz