Jobs for People with Developmental Disabilities: Making It Happen! Catherine Nichols, Senior Director Accessibility Programs linkedin.com/in/catherinecnichols 19th Annual Developmental Disabilities: An Update for Health Professionals March 5-6, 2020 Disclosure I have nothing to disclose
Program Overview Workforce Development for People with Disabilities At Salesforce, we believe that business can be powerful platforms for social change and that our higher purpose is to drive Equality for all. Disability Inclusion is fundamental to this belief. We have an ambition to become the number one employer for people with disabilities, for the products we sell to be accessible by people with disabilities, and for all persons to have full and equitable access to our offices, our meetings and our events. + + + Learning Objectives What Salesforce is doing to create Disabilities@Work Programs � Salesforce’s Partnership with The ARC San Francisco � Salesforce’s Autism@Work Programs
Driving Workforce Development: A Long Standing Partnership Between Salesforce and the ARC � Employees from The ARC work in a variety of roles at Salesforce within office services. � 50+ ARC / affiliates across SF, NY, Indy, Bellevue, London, Dublin � Planned expansions both domestically and globally over the next year � Salesforce employees have sat on The ARC’s board and the organization is a customer Salesforce Sustainability FY19 Stakeholder Impact Report The Autism Advantage 50 k 500 k High School Additional graduates with adults with ASD ASD per year by 2028 17 % 85 % Complete a 4- Unemployment year college rate among degree college grads Autism @ Work Playbook: Annabi, H., Crooks, E.W., Barnett, N., Guadagno, J., Mahoney, J.R., Michelle, J., Pacilio, A., Shukla, H. and Velasco, J. Autism @ Work Playbook: Finding talent and creating meaningful employment opportunities for people with autism. Seattle, WA: ACCESS-IT, The Information School, University of Washington, 2019. Autism and Health: A Special Report by Autism Speaks 2017
Autism@Work Launch External Partners Internal Partners Business Case Executive Committed Sponsor(s) Staff Autism@Work Journey Assess Planning Workshop 1-Month Recruit Neurodiversity Internship Retention Training for Managers Non- Traditional Recruit Interviews Onboard Candidates Mentoring and Career Development Training and Documentation
Autism@Work Journey: One Month Internship Assessing attention to Completing a project Focus on Agile project details, including Getting comfortable with related to Salesforce management methodologies maintaining the Salesforce office product development in environment and a daily and teaming in a professional documentation and partnership with hiring routine. setting quality control teams College Link Program (CLP) Mission Statement: to help students who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder to transition and succeed in the higher education environment Day of the Visit • Introduction to Salesforce and Salesforce Culture • Demo of Salesforce https://www.csueastbay.edu/clp/ • Mock interviews with Salesforce employees • Tour of Salesforce Preparation • Complete the Salesforce Career Exploration trail • Search job descriptions they are interested in • Update resume to tailor to the job description
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