The Social Security Administration recently received funding to hire a significant number of employees throughout the country. This hiring initiative offers a unique opportunity for individuals with disabilities who may want to get a job with SSA. These jobs will be at various skill levels including a number of entry-level positions.
SSA will be holding a national teleconference on this issue specifically for Employment Networks, State Vocational Rehabilitation Staff and others who help people with disabilities go to work on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM EST. This session will build upon an earlier Webinar and provide more details regarding the initiative. A guest speaker from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will also discuss the Schedule A Hiring Authority. Please visit www.cessi.net/ttw to register for the teleconference. ...
In particular, the Agency is reaching out to Ticket to Work Ticket Holders who are trying to return to work, veterans with disabilities through programs such as the Wounded Warrior transitional program, and students with disabilities. Many individuals with disabilities will qualify for consideration under a special placement authority called “Schedule A.”
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Apr 16, 2009
Social Security To Concentrate On Hiring Disabled
From the Network to End Homelessness:
so does this mean that some of our field offices will only hire disabled folks to fill our current vacancies? I think these folks deserve all the chances in the world but what happened to simply hiring the best person. You cannot tell me that all of these folks are more qualified that some of these recent college grads that are begging for a job right now.
ReplyDeleteTo me disabled means completely unable to do any work available in the US economy. Disabled employees are not necessarily physically or mentally up to the work, if they are on our rolls. Why hire people who may try hard but not succeed? We've been this way before. Oh, well. No hope, I guess.
ReplyDeleteNancy--Your definition of "disabled" is out of line with current definitions used by most researchers, advocates, NGOs, etc.
ReplyDeleteYou are using the definition which SSA uses, which is extremely different from what the ADA uses.
I'm not saying your definition is wrong; SSI and SSDI are set up to help those who can't work, but that is not necessarily the same population with a disability.
While this is a laudable goal, there are attendant costs above the norm when hiring disabled folks, e.g., special equipment, personal assistants, all paid for by SSA. That said, we SSA managers have our marching orders. Can't wait until the veterans' groups get the word about this.
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