Your ticket to work job search: With your ticket to work job security and financial independence can be yours.
- Explore the Ticket to Work program by contacting us. We will guide you through the goals of the program and help you decide if it’s a good fit for you.
- Make sure your ticket is eligible for assignment by contacting the SSA Ticket Hotline before you contact us 1-866-968-7842.
- Start thinking of jobs you would like to do and skills that you currently have that can be used in the workplace.
- You will learn all about various work incentives designed to help take the fear of losing your benefits out of going back to work.
- Your medical benefits will not be affected by your return to work. You will keep your Medicaid and/or Medicare benefits even while working.
- We will work with you every step of the way so that you know when changes will occur and so we can plan for those changes appropriately.
- Assign your ticket to an EN like WLS-ADEN who will support you and help you navigate the various steps, and keep you focused on your most important task of finding a job.
- Develop your employment goals for short-term and long-term success.
- Learn about your benefits status and the impact of work on your benefits, as well as how to use the various work incentives available to you.
- Determine your career interests, and your current skills and abilities to make an effective job search plan that is likely to succeed.
- Work with your Employment Support Specialist to update your resume and prepare for job interviews.
- Learn effective ways to job search and find real and viable job opportunities.
- You should use all available resources including online networking, social media platforms, company websites, and job boards in your job search.
- Connect to people you know and let them know you are looking for a job.
- Answer your phone when it rings it could be an employer with a job offer. Don’t miss out by playing phone tag or by screening your calls.
- In some situations you may need to reveal that you have a disability if you will need reasonable accommodations from the employer.
- You do not have to reveal your disability if there is no advantage to you doing so.
- Employers have an obligation to offer reasonable accommodations when they are requested, but note they have to be reasonable!
- You must repot wages to SSA each month. Use the online reporting tool, or the reporting App on your phone.
- Get educated on basic money management strategies to help you better manage your finances and to prepare for when you are no longer receiving your benefits check.
- Report your earning monthly to your Employment Support Specialist so she can help you stay ahead of any changes and keep track of your use of the work incentives.
- Overpayments are common but should be reported as soon as possible to avoid owing a huge debt to SSA once they get “caught up” on your account.
- Work with your Employment Support Specialist to help you catch any potential overpayments before they occur.
- Report overpayments to SSA as soon as you know about them and make a plan to return the money safely and quickly.
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