Exploring and Attaining Life’s Desires: Supported Employment in the Field

As social determinants of health are more widely acknowledged and discussed, employment becomes an important aspect of that discourse. In this episode of “Sharing In Our Caring,” a platform for human services professionals, policy-makers, and thought leaders to shed light on the topics and trends impacting their industry; hosts Elliot Massuda and David Bucciferro discuss supported employment programs as an important, community-based service in the I/DD and human services space. They are joined by Aaron Shmueli, the assistant vice-president of Goodwill industries of greater New York and Northern New Jersey, who shares his experiences as a provider, shedding light on the importance of their work, their resources, and what he’d like to see for the future of supported employment programs.
Sharing in Our Caring is hosted by Elliot Massuda, Strategic Partnerships Manager at Foothold Technology, where he applies more than twenty years of strategic sales and partnership experience to connecting with and supporting our provider community. His co-host is Foothold Technology’s Senior Advisor, David Bucciferro, who brings more than 30 years of experience in the human services field working with providers, local governments, and healthcare agencies.