Presented by the Disability Management Section
Your Client is on Social Security Disability:
What are the options for returning to competitive employment?
Enrique N. Vega, M.S., CRC, CDMS
Choices Vocational Rehabilitation
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This presentation will provide an overview of the national employment program Ticket-to-Work for persons who have been found disabled by the SSA. The program has been in effect since 2000 and its results and subsequent program changes will be discussed during this presentation. Is this program successful? Do people who say that they want to work and who are on SSDI or SSI ever return to work? Why or why not? Find out from a counselor who is in his fifth year with the program. Learn how to become an approved Employment Network and join organizations across the country dedicated to provide employment supports for persons with disabilities.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Identify the basics of the Ticket-to-Work program
• Explain how to become an Employment Network
• Relate the success rate of returning people on disability back to work
• Describe how to better serve persons with disabilities achieve self-sufficiency and independence through employment support programs
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About the Speaker:
Enrique N. Vega, M.S., CRC, CDMS is a board certified rehabilitation counselor, certified disability management specialist, a certified rehabilitation counselor by the U.S. Department of Labor, and a vocational expert under contract with the Social Security Administration. He is currently the president of the California chapter of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) 2008 - 2010 and also serves as board member in the disability management (DM) section of IARP. He has served on the boards of the California Association of Rehabilitation and Re-employment Professionals (CARRP), and the Organization of Bilingual Rehabilitation Associates (OBRA). Vega has written articles on issues related to employment of persons with disabilities on several issues of CARRP’s Keeping California Working newsletter. He is co-editor of the 2008 Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS) Study Guide published by Elliot & Fitzpatrick. He is a presenter and lecturer on career, employment, and earnings issues related to persons with disabilities. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the National Rehabilitation Association, the Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Association, the National Workforce Development Professionals, and the National Employment Networks Association. He has an active practice developing vocational rehabilitation plans and doing job placement of persons with disabilities for the federal Office of Workers’ Compensation Program (OWCP), the Social Security Administration’s Ticket-to-Work program, and the California state worker’s compensation programs. Vega has offices and serves Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in Southern California. He has testified at Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board throughout California.
Vega holds a master’s of science degree in counseling with an emphasis in rehabilitation counseling from California State University, Los Angeles, and an undergraduate degree from Yale University in Comparative Literature.
