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Career and Transition Services

Employment and Transition Services

What are Employment and Transition Services?

Employment and Transition Services facilitate students' transition to post-secondary options through resources and supports to youth, staff, parents, and the community. Employment and Transition representatives (ETRs) are assigned to all FCPS high schools and secondary special education centers.

Employment services include job-seeking skills, job development and job placement, job maintenance and advancement skills. Transition services include information sharing about resources available, referrals to school-based services, support to students in their final year of school, and referrals to adult service agencies upon graduation.

Who can use Employment and Transition Services?
Students with special needs in their last two years of school may request services that the ETR provides. Students are served based on the following priorities:

Priority 1

• Students in their final year of school preparing to transition to post-secondary opportunities
• Students in Career and Transition programs requiring work experience support

Priority 2

• Students two years away from graduation who are seeking employment
• Potential school-leavers

Priority 3

• Other students as referred

What can students learn?

ETRs may support students' transition to paid or non-paid work experiences in the following ways:

• Assist students with job placement: resume writing, applications, interviews; job leads, job-seeking & keeping tips; job coach referrals as needed; employer follow-up and advocacy
• Develop community work experience sites: school-based programs, WAT, OTP, EFE, Facilities Services
• Facilitate transportation as needed
  
  ETRs may support students through one or both stages of their transition:

Transition Stage I

• Referrals to programs within the schools: Career Assessment, Career Snapshots, Davis & Pulley Centers, WAT, OTP
• Provide information about Academy course offerings in conjunction with guidance departments
• Provide job placement and follow-up
• Assist with transition planning

Transition Stage II

• Facilitate referrals to adult services: DRS, CSB, DBVI (Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired)
• Coordinate tours of Northern Virginia Community College campuses
• Provide job placement and follow-up
• Explore post-secondary education/training options
• Assist with students' final transition

How can students and employers benefit?
Employment and Transition Services facilitate the development of school- to- work partnerships in the following ways:

• Provide awareness information to employers on disabilities, cultural differences, Americans with Disabilities Act, and accommodations, as needed
• Present a pre-screened applicant
• Match employer needs with student skills
• Support on-the-job training
• Arrange for time-limited Job Coach support
• Monitor student employment progres
• Students learn self-advocacy skills related to employment.

Who to contact for more information?
Click on link for your school's Employment and Transition Representative.