5.2.3 WWP Informal Assessment

The WWP Wisconsin Work Programs Informal Assessment Driver Flow is intended to provide a framework to guide the interactive conversation needed to complete a comprehensive Informal Assessment A process to gather information about an individual and his or her family to determine the: •Individual's ability to become employed and remain employed; •Services and activities necessary for the individual to become employed and remain employed; •Appropriate placement of a participant on the W-2 employment ladder; •Need for further career assessment and planning; •Need for vocational evaluation; and •Need for a formal assessment of any disabilities or other employment barriers by a qualified assessing agency or individual. .

The W-2 Wisconsin Works worker is required to ask all questions that appear in the WWP Informal Assessment Driver Flow, including additional questions that appear based on the answers provided. The W-2 worker must also ask follow-up questions and engage the applicant or participant in further conversation beyond the prescribed questions to obtain information needed to identify potential barriers to employability.

This process is intended to ensure that the W-2 worker has sufficient detail on the W-2 applicant or participant’s skills, abilities, interests, and goals to inform Case Management The family-centered and goal-oriented process for assessing the needs of a W-2 group member and his or her family for employment, training and supportive services and assisting the W-2 group member in obtaining the services needed to achieve self-sufficiency. decision-making.