Employment Support Services

The Employment Support Services (ESS) Unit handles 6 (6) specialized work agreements serving individuals with many significant or  considerable barriers to work. The ESS unit preserves existing contracts, establishes new employment service contracts, offers technical assistance and training to contracted agencies, DRS personnel and community partners statewide.

The Supplemental Support Services (SES) Contract is a specialized contract for people with the most significant and substantial barriers to employment. The agreement offers evaluation, profession exploration, professional preparation (Job Club), internship chances for professions, and task development and positioning. This contract is for people needing assistance in identifying an employment objective, getting ready for the task search and interviews, and to acquire competitive incorporated work. 

Employment and Retention (ER) Contract is for people with considerable barriers to work. This agreement is designed to offer people with  job experience who need short-term on and off-site training and assistance to maintain competitive incorporated work.

The Employment Support Services (ESS) Unit handles 6 (6) specialized employment contracts serving people with most substantial or significant barriers to work. The ESS system keeps existing contracts, establishes new employment service agreements, supplies technical support and training to contracted companies, DRS staff and neighborhood partners statewide.

The Supplemental Support Services (SES) Contract is a specialized agreement for people with the most significant and significant barriers to work. The agreement offers assessment, career exploration, trade preparation (Job Club), internship opportunities for professions, and task development and positioning. This contract is for individuals needing support in identifying a vocational objective, getting ready for the job search and interviews, and to obtain competitive integrated work.

The Supported Employment (SE) Contract, is an agreement providing task retention services for people with the most considerable barriers to employment. The Supported work agreement offers extensive, customized onsite and off-site training and time-limited support to help people to discover their job tasks, find out self-advocacy, learn how to fix workplace problems, reach job stability and keep competitive integrated work.

Employment and (ER) Contract is for individuals with substantial barriers to employment. This contract is developed to provide individuals with job experience who require short-term on and off-site training and support to preserve competitive incorporated employment.

The Job Placement (JP) Contract is an employment agreement intended to assist individuals who do not have most significant or significant barriers to work and require minimal support in maintaining competitive incorporated employment.

The Support Services for Employment (SSE) Contract offers employment support services such as specialized evaluations, assistance services for community integration, and life abilities management. It might be supplied to people with most substantial and substantial barriers to work in combination with other ESS agreement services and with other Individualized Prepare For Employment (IPE) services.

ESS Oklahoma Service Payment System got awards from the Ford Foundation and the Harvard School of Business, as well as other federal government groups, for cutting government costs, improving service shipment, and increasing customer fulfillment by connecting payment for agreement services to a series of finished services, or milestones, en route to specific objectives or outcomes, such as competitive incorporated work. Many states have actually utilized our milestone/service payment system as a model to establish their own. The Social Security Ticket to Work program, typically described as Ticket Plus, is imitated the Oklahoma Service Payment System.