Choose-Get-Keep Meaningful Employment
HopeLink’s Individual Supported Employment Services provide support and training for individuals with mental health and co-occurring disorders who want to be competitively employed in the community in Northern Virginia. It is an effective program, with about 85% of the individuals we work with securing employment. (The industry average is only 15 to 20%.)
AT-A-GLANCE
Individual Supported Employment Services
Who
Adults with mental health and co-occurring disorders in Northern Virginia who want to be competitively employed
What
Individual employment support and training
This is not a job placement service, where we walk away after you are employed. Instead, we partner with you to prepare for, choose, get, and keep a job. We start with you – your goals and strengths. Together, we create your plan. Then, we support you through your next steps – and stay available – for as long as we are helpful to you.
HopeLink providers are trained in the “Choose-Get-Keep” model of individual-supported employment, ensuring that you receive services tailored to your needs, abilities, and goals. HopeLink can help you with:
- Identifying your work skills, aptitudes, values, and desires
- Setting realistic job expectations
- Job search support
- Preparing to interview for a position
- On- and off-the-job assessments
- Coping with symptoms on the job
- Specialized services for your professional and technical skills
If this sounds like the program for you or someone you know, submit a referral form to get started. If you have any questions or need assistance with the referral form, please contact us.
Referrals
Individuals may be referred to HopeLink in several ways, including through:
- Mental health provider (i.e., therapist, case manager, psychiatrist, residential counselor, etc.)
- Rehabilitation Counselor from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
- Family member or friend
- Self-referral
Referrals should be directed to the Regional Director of Supported Employment at the geographically appropriate center, as listed below.
Referrals from mental health providers or DARS Counselors should include a HopeLink written referral form, with documentation of diagnosis and medications.
For More Information
Mail, fax, or secure email the referral form to, or call with questions:
Emily Hollidge
Assistant Clinical Director
HopeLink Mt. Vernon
8794-S Sacramento Drive
Alexandria, VA 22309
Phone: (703) 606-8519
Fax: (703) 448-3723
ehollidg@hopelinkbh.org
Fees
Employment Intake Assessment
$185.00 per assessment (Payable at intake)
Work Adjustment Training (WAT)
Units are calculated as follows:
Up to 2.99 hours = 1 unit, 3.00 – 6.99 hours = 2 units
$95.00 per unit (maximum of two units per day)
Employment Services
$95.00 per hour (excluding WAT)
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