“Your Dream, Your Team” Website - A Toolkit to Help Job Seekers with Disabilities
The new website was created as a result of the Disability Employment Initiative grant. The goal is to improve career pathways outcomes for youth with disabilities through career training, employment, and supportive services.
The Your Dream, Your Team website was developed as a resource to improve career exploration and employment for job seekers with disabilities, with an emphasis on outcomes for youth with disabilities (ages 14-24).
Your Dream, Your Team was developed by CDO Workforce, Hempstead Works, Tompkins County Workforce, and Change Impact with guidance from the DEI team at the New York State Department of Labor.
The website offers useful tools, guidance, forms, and other resources to support job seekers with disabilities and the individuals and organizations who support them, including community-based organizations, employment counselors, Disability Resource Coordinators, and parents who want to introduce their child to a career pathway and prepare them for a stable, long-term career.
The site also offers a variety of resources for businesses that are designed to help businesses learn how to be more inclusive and support employees with disabilities.
We invite you to explore the Your Dream, Your Team website!
We welcome your feedback to help us make improvements. Please share widely to help us get the word out about this valuable resource, and when possible please include a link to the Your Dream, Your Team on your website. We appreciate your help!
Check out: http://www.yourdreamyourteam.com
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Disclosing Your Disability Workshop
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In Demand Careers in Healthcare and manufacturing!
- Do you want to obtain the skills and credentials necessary to achieve living wage employment?
- Do you need assistance with paying for the training and credentials required to move up a career ladder?
- Can you benefit from on-going support and disability services resources including job placement, job retention, benefits counseling (Ticket to Work) and career guidance?
Developing your career shouldn’t be an insurmountable hurdle. If you have a disability, you already face daily challenges. But while the Americans with Disabilities Act protects you in many circumstances from workplace discrimination, protection doesn’t equal opportunity. And you may well be the first teacher an employer has in understanding how to accommodate a disability.
SEE CAREER PATHWAYS IN HEALTHCARE
CHENANGO COUNTY HEALTHCARE CAREERS INFORMATION SHEET (WORD Format) (PDF FORMAT)
DELAWARE COUNTY HEALTHCARE CAREERS INFORMATION SHEET (WORD Format) (PDF FORMAT)
OTSEGO COUNTY HEALTHCARE CAREERS INFORMATION SHEET (Word Format) (PDF FORMAT)
SEE CAREER PATHWAYS IN MANUFACTURING
CHENANGO COUNTY CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING (WORD Format) (PDF FORMAT)
DELAWARE COUNTY CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING (Word Format) (PDF FORMAT)
OTSEGO COUNTY CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING (Word Format) (PDF FORMAT)
Download the Career Pathways Worksheet
CDO Workforce Career System can help you. We can:
- Advise you on what questions a prospective employer can and cannot ask you about your disability.
- Suggest ways you can help an employer make your work station or situation meet your needs at minimal cost and effort to both of you.
- Suggest good interview techniques to help make sure your disability isn't an issue.
Please contact your nearest CDO Workforce Center for more information and assistance.
Disability Resource Coordinators (DRC) are available for benefit counseling and additional services.
Services for Youth with Disabilities
CDO Youth Program
CDO (Chenango-Delaware-Otsego) Youth program provides a comprehensive services that focus on assisting out-of-school youth with disabilities in the CDO area.
We provide services to help youth prepare for postsecondary education and employment opportunities, attain educational and/or skills training credentials, and secure employment with career/promotional opportunities.
To be eligible, out-of-school youth (OSY) must be between the ages of 16 to 24, not attending school, and have a disability OR have one or more barriers to employment.
Our Youth program has an emphasis on providing work experiences and career path exploration. Services include: alternative high school equivalency services; paid and unpaid work experiences, pre-apprenticeship programs, internships and job shadowing, and on-the-job training; occupational skill training; education offered concurrently with workforce preparation and training; leadership development opportunities; supportive services; mentoring; follow-up services; comprehensive guidance and counseling; financial literacy education; services that provide labor market and employment information; and postsecondary education and training preparation activities.
To learn more about our youth programs, please visit your nearest CDO Workforce Center.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Disability Programs
The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs are Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities. While these two programs are different in many ways, both are administered by the Social Security Administration and only individuals who have a disability and meet medical criteria may qualify for benefits under either program. Social Security Disability Insurance pays benefits to you and certain members of your family if you are "insured," meaning that you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. Supplemental Security Income pays benefits based on financial need. To learn more, go to https://www.ssa.gov/disability
Discussing Disability with the Potential Employer
The ADA prohibits employers from asking questions that are likely to reveal the existence of a disability before making a job offer (i.e., the pre-offer period). This prohibition covers written questionnaires and inquiries made during interviews, as well as medical examinations. However, such questions and medical examinations are permitted after extending a job offer but before the individual begins work (i.e., the post-offer period). Learn more: https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html
The total cost of the Disability Employment Initiative Round 8 program is 2.5 million dollars. The 2.5 million dollars (100%) is funded through a U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration grant.
This workforce product was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. This product was created by the recipient and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability or ownership. This product is copyrighted by the institution that created it.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
