- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Assistive work technology, employer services
- Creator:
- Georgia. Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
- Contributor to Resource:
- Vocational Rehabilitation Program (Georgia)
- Date of Original:
- 2012
- Subject:
- Georgia. Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Vocational Rehabilitation Program (Georgia)
Self-help devices for people with disabilities--Georgia
People with disabilities--Employment--Georgia
Vocational rehabilitation--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Description based on online resource harvested on February 14, 2014 from gvra.georgia.gov; title from PDF caption (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed July 27, 2015)
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 915336378
NZ MMS ID 9910387812402931
Call Number V600.V6 M1 2012 E4 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bv600-pv6-bm1-b2012-be4-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bv600-pv6-bm1-b2012-be4-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 page)
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Assistive Work Technology - Employer Services
The Assistive Technology unit of the GVRA Vocational Rehabilitation program includes a one of a kind team of assistive work technology (AWT) specialists built around the Regional and Tri-Regional organization of VR. Each Tri-Region has a Rehabilitation Engineer, an Occupational Therapist, and a Rehabilitation Technician; each Region has a Rehabilitation Technologist.
The AWT staff begins employer services after receiving a referral from either a VR Counselor or a Rehabilitation Employment Specialist. A comprehensive cost-free assessment of each client's unique work site needs for assistive technology, including job analysis, is made of employer facilities, job/work requirements, work schedules, tools and equipment, work area, required work skills, mobility inside the work area and ADA concerns. Recommendations are provided to assist the VR counselor and employer in successful placement of persons with disabilities in the work force.
The assessment may include recommendations to purchase assistive device(s), modify tools and equipment, or fabricate an assistive device(s). Expanding employment needs may require development of short-term training courses or ongoing training needs. In all cases the assessment will provide information to allow the VR Counselor and the employer to develop a plan to obtain the Assistive Work Technology required for employment of persons with disabilities. Costs to the employer are determined on a case-by-case basis.
AWT staff is also available, through referral by VR Counselors or Rehabilitation Employment Specialists, to make assessments of the work place, to provide job analyses, or to reduce the occurrence of work place injuries for VR clientele. In this type of assessment, recommendations for new equipment, or modification(s) of equipment and/or schedules, including possible therapeutic exercise plans, may be part of the report. It is important for the employer to understand that staff only provides recommendations and should not be considered an ADA enforcement group.