California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 3 - Department of Rehabilitation
Chapter 3 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Individuals with Disabilities
Article 3 - Training and Job Coaching Services
Section 7159.5 - Job Coaching Services

Universal Citation: 9 CA Code of Regs 7159.5

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Job coaching services shall be provided when necessary for the individual to prepare for, secure, retain, advance in, or regain competitive integrated employment.

(b) Job coaching services shall include some or all of the following activities: on-the-job skill training; observation or supervision at the worksite; consultation or training, or both, of coworkers or supervisors; assistance in integrating into the work environment, destination training, assistance with public support agencies, family and residential provider consultation; and any other on-or off-the-job support services needed to reinforce and stabilize job placement.

(c) Whenever possible, job coaching services for deaf or non-English speaking individuals shall be purchased from a service provider equipped to meet the individual's communication needs. When such a provider is not available, the Department shall purchase interpreter services separately.

(d) Be provided in a permanent or temporary, as limited by (d), job setting that meets all of the following conditions:

(1) The setting is community-based.

(2) There is regular contact between the client and co-workers or members of the public who are not disabled.

(3) The individual is paid in accordance with applicable state and federal labor laws.

(e) Job coaching service providers shall submit written reports to the client's Counselor at least once a month describing, at a minimum, both:

(1) The individual's progress toward employment stability as specified in the client's Individualized Plan of Employment (IPE).

(2) Contacts with the individual's employer.

(f) A temporary job setting shall be utilized only when the Counselor has determined that work related objectives such as the following cannot be accomplished through the provision of job coaching services in a permanent employment setting:

(1) Overcoming the fear of work.

(2) Development of work tolerance.

(3) Evaluation of work behaviors in relation to the proposed occupational objective.

(4) Determination of the level of support, both on and off the job, needed by the client.

(5) Testing of the feasibility of a specified occupational objective.

(6) Provision of intermediate non-threatening steps toward permanent placement.

(g) For individuals whose employment goal may require supported employment, job coaching shall include the type of monitoring specified in the individual's IPE. At a minimum the monitoring shall include:

(1) For monitoring at the work site, two visits per month to the work site to assess employment stability.

(2) For monitoring away from the work site, two meetings per month with the individual and one employer contact per month to assess employment stability.

1. New section filed 3-16-93; operative 4-15-93 (Register 93, No. 12).
2. Editorial correction to restore placement of article heading to its correct position preceding section 7154 (Register 93, No. 24).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 2-17-2023; operative 2-17-2023 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2023, No. 7).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 19006 and 19016, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 19150, Welfare and Institutions Code; and 34 CFR 361.5.

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