Content Information
DIF Customized Employment (also known as DIF CE) is a person-centered approach that leads to a competitive, integrated employment outcome. DIF CE is appropriate for job candidates who are most significantly disabled, haven't worked, worked primarily in segregated settings, or had little vocational success. Candidates who know their vocational goal are not appropriate for DIF CE. The results from each process of DIF CE are used to generate information by identifying a job candidate's skills, interests, abilities, conditions, contributions, and support needed for employment to design a pathway to a career that focuses on the individual's interest, talents, and contributions (not limitations); to customize a job in the community that does not exist if needed based on the information identified; and provide consultative support to ensure the candidate is successful.
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Forms Needed
- Phase 1
- Phase 2
- Phase 3
- Narration Add-On
Resources
- DIF CE Cheat Sheet
- CD Information Flier
- Customized Employment Desk Guide
- Customized Discovery Training Video Part 1
- Customized Discovery Training Video Part 2
- Customized Employment Infograph
- Customized Job Development Activities
- Introducing Customized Employment Flier
- What is Customized Employment?
CE Fidelity Scale
- Consultative Employment Training and Supports Fidelity Scale (CETSFS)
- Discovery Fidelity Scale (DFS)
- Job Development Fidelity Scale (JDFS)
Costs
Phase 1: Customized Discovery
IPE Service Category: Assessment
Max Units: 160 units
Max Hours: 40 hours
Rates/ Unit: $19.28
Max Authorization: $3084.80
Final DSR
IPE Service Category: Assessment
Max Units: 40 units
Max Hours: 10 hours
Rates/ Unit: $19.28
Max Authorization: $771.20
Final Partial DSR
IPE Service Category: Assessment
Max Units: 8 units
Max Hours: 2 hours
Rates/ Unit: $19.28
Max Authorization: $154.24
Phase 2: Customized Job Development
IPE Service Category: Custopmized Employment/ Job Carving
Max Units: 160 units
Max Hours: 40 hours
Rates/ Unit: $19.28
Max Authorization: $3084.80
Phase 3: Consultative Employment Supports
IPE Service Category: Supported Employment
Max Units: 320 units
Max Hours: 80 hours
Rates/ Unit: $13.16
Max Authorization: $4211.20
Final Plan for Natural Supports
IPE Service Category: Supported Employment
Max Units: 8 units
Max Hours: 2 hours
Rates/ Unit: $19.28
Max Authorization: $154.24