N.J. Admin. Code § 12:51-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 12:51-5.1 - Work adjustment training

(a) Work adjustment training (WAT) is a comprehensive, individualized service that assists persons seeking employment to develop or reestablish skills, attitudes, personal characteristics, work behaviors, functional capacities, to achieve the identified integrated employment outcome.

(b) Services are provided that address the individual needs of a person seeking employment to achieve the desired integrated employment outcome which shall include: attendance and punctuality; grooming skills; job-seeking skills such as interviewing, completing applications, and developing and using, job-finding networks and resources; on-the-job performance skills related to quality and quantity of work; work-related community skills such as time management, mobility, and money management skills; functional literacy skills; knowledge of work practices, such as payroll deductions, insurance, unions, retirement, benefits, and safety; work-related academic skills; work-related communication skills; access to government and community service agencies; community living arrangements and coordination; knowledge of legal affairs/tax matters and mobility and transportation skills.

(c) Work adjustment services shall result in: (1) development of a rehabilitation plan for placement in integrated employment with or without supports; or (2) development of a rehabilitation plan for extended employment for up to one year for those individuals performing at 20 percent productivity who will continue to prepare for integrated employment; or (3) development of an organization's rehabilitation plan, should an individual choose to enter extended employment rather than pursue services leading to integrated employment. The community rehabilitation program shall request certification for extended employment if the individual's productivity rate is 20 percent or more of standard productivity or seek an alternate source of funding for extended employment.

(d) During work adjustment training, staff conferences are to be held no less than every six weeks. Written notes of these conferences will be submitted to DVRS during the week following the conference. A comprehensive review of the client's progress will be conducted at the staff conference two weeks prior to the end of the authorization (approximately week 16 for a 90-day authorization and week seven for a 45-day authorization). The same relative schedule for processing will be binding on both parties.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:51-5.1

Amended by R.1983 d.600, effective 1/3/1984.
See: 15 New Jersey Register 1548(a), 16 New Jersey Register 51(b).
Clarifies language and removes outdated material related to phone in periods that have already expired.
Amended by R.1991 d.604, effective 12/16/1991.
See: 23 New Jersey Register 2927(b), 23 New Jersey Register 3797(a).
Revised (a)-(d).
Amended by R.1996 d.564, effective 12/16/1996.
See: 28 New Jersey Register 4045(a), 28 New Jersey Register 5209(a).
Amended by R.2002 d.119, effective 5/6/2002.
See: 33 New Jersey Register 4091(a), 34 New Jersey Register 1726(a).
Rewrote (a) through (c).