Please indicate one answer to each of the questions below or write your answers in the blanks below open-ended questions.
1. Supported employment is:
a) support in finding employment in the open labour market,
b) support in finding and maintaining employment in the open labour market, c) support in finding remunerated employment in the open labour market, d) support in job maintenance,
e) difficult to say.
2. Supported employment clients are:
a) employers,
b) unemployed persons and job seekers,
c) persons with intellectual disabilities and mental illnesses,
d) disadvantaged persons including persons with disabilities, their immediate envi-ronment and employers,
e) difficult to say.
3. The job coach is:
a) employed in the workplace along with the supported person, b) employed by the supported person,
c) employed by an external recruitment agency, d) employed exclusively by the local job centre, e) difficult to say.
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4. Supported employment values and principles do not include:
a) treating clients as objects, b) respect for dignity, c) an individual approach, d) empowerment,
e) difficult to say.
5. One of the tasks of the job coach is:
a) to show the client his/her professional abilities and preferences, b) to analyse the job market,
c) to make decisions for the client,
d) to substitute for the client at work when the client is absent, e) difficult to say.
6. Which of the answers below does not constitute a stage of supported employment?
a) client engagement, b) vocational profiling, c) finding employers,
d) employment of the job coach, e) difficult to say.
7. Should the job coach cooperate with other professionals? If so, what professions should they cooperate with?
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8. Person centred planning encompasses:
a) a plan created for the employer who wishes to employ a supported employment client,
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b) preparation of a vocational profile and career path for a client who is looking for employment opportunities,
c) a collection of practical tips for the job coach who supports a client with disabili-ties,
d) only data related to the closest relatives of the supported person, e) difficult to say.
9. When we analyse the competences and abilities of a supported employment client we focus on:
a) the client’s state of health,
b) his/her strengths, talents and skills,
c) his/her deficits and limitations that impact employment, d) the formal education of the client,
e) difficult to say.
10. The job coaching model includes:
a) interactive training of the supported person prior to employment, b) supporting the person in signing an employment contract,
c) an interactive training process on and off the job as well as long-term on and off the job support,
d) ongoing support for the client after employment, e) difficult to say.
11. What forms of employment are applied in the case of persons with disabilities?
a) Full-time employment contract, b) civil law contracts,
c) self-employment, d) all of the above, e) difficult to say.
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12. An employee with disabilities is not entitled to:
a) additional 15-minute breaks,
b) additional holiday of 20 working days,
c) paid leave to access or repair orthopaedic aids, if such repairs or access cannot be availed of outside of working hours,
d) paid leave amounting to 21 working days per calendar year to take part in a reha-bilitation holiday camp (maximum of one camp per year),
e) difficult to say.
13. Are there any differences between open and sheltered employment markets? If so, what are these differences?
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14. Employers who employ an employee with disabilities cannot avail of:
a) subsidy towards the disabled employee’s salary, b) reimbursement of the cost of workstation equipment,
c) reimbursement of the costs of training for persons with disabilities,
d) reimbursement of the costs of the purchase of a car for transportation of the em-ployee with disabilities,
e) difficult to say.
15. Marketing of supported employment services consists in:
a) finding jobs for persons with disabilities,
b) selling a unique recruitment service to employers,
c) maintaining a relationship with the employer in order to provide a satisfactory service,
d) all of the above, e) difficult to say.
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16. Support for employers in the supported employment process consists in:
a) selection of the right employee, b) training of the selected employee,
c) facilitating stable employment of the employee, d) all of the above,
e) difficult to say.
17. What does natural support in the workplace consist in?
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18. What are the components of a job coach’s support for job maintenance within sup-ported employment services?
a) intensive workstation training, based on interventions, supplementary in nature, b) contacting employers and co-workers of employees with disabilities,
c) off the job support, d) all of the above, e) difficult to say.
19. Methods and channels of job finding for clients of supported employment programmes are:
a) the same as for all other job seekers, b) through job centres only,
c) selected offers available only in specialist recruitment agencies, d) advertisements in local press,
e) difficult to say.
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20. What difficulties may arise in the supported employment process? (provide three exam-ples)
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INSTRUCTIONS AND ANSWER KEY
This test of knowledge of supported employment should be taken by training partici-pants on the first and the last day of the course.
ANSWER KEY:
1. In closed questions, the “0-1” system is applied. Correct answers get 1 point. Incorrect answers or “hard to say” answers get 0 points.
Correct answers in closed questions:
Task number 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 19
Answer b d c a b d b b c d b d d d d a
2. Open-ended questions:
a) Question 7:
• “No” – 0 points
• “Yes” and listing at least one expert/specialist – 1 point b) Question 13:
• “No” – 0 points
• “Yes” and listing at least one correct difference – 1 point
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c) Question 17:
• incorrect answer – 0 points
• correct answer – 1 point
d) Question 20:
• No answer – 0 points
• Three correct difficulties listed – 1 point
TOTAL POINTS:
Pass with distinction 18-20 points
Good 17-15 points
Sufficient/satisfactory 14-12 points
No pass 11- 0 points