1. (a) Job search and job readiness are core activities as defined in §811.25(a)(1).

2. (b) A Board shall ensure that job search and job readiness activities:

   1. (1) incorporate the following:

      1. (A) individual and group activities;
      2. (B) staff-assisted services in which Texas Workforce Center staff provide direction and guidance to Choices participants, including appropriate referrals based on their skills and abilities to pre-scheduled job interviews; and preparatory activities that are essential to obtaining and retaining employment; and
      3. (C) customer-directed activities that do not require direct staff involvement, and include activities in which Choices participants independently identify employment opportunities based upon their employment strengths, and perform preparatory activities that are essential to obtaining and retaining employment.
   2. (2) are limited to activities necessary for Choices participants to secure immediate employment.
   3. (3) provide individual assistance or coordinated, planned, and supervised activities that prepare Choices participants for seeking employment.
   4. (4) are supervised daily.
   5. (5) are documented daily in TWIST.
   6. (6) are allowable treatment or therapy activities that include substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, or rehabilitation activities determined to be necessary to assist Choices participants with seeking, obtaining, or retaining employment. Boards shall ensure treatment and therapy activities are certified by a qualified medical or mental health professional.

3. (c) Job search activities are defined as acts of seeking and obtaining employment, including:

   1. (1) job referrals;
   2. (2) information on available jobs;
   3. (3) occupational exploration, including information on local emerging and demand occupations;
   4. (4) job fairs;
   5. (5) applying or interviewing for job vacancies; and
   6. (6) making contacts with potential employers.

4. (d) Job readiness activities are designed to assist Choices participants with addressing issues that will aid them in seeking, obtaining, and retaining employment, including:

   1. (1) life skills;
   2. (2) guidance and motivation for development of positive work behaviors necessary for the labor market;
   3. (3) job skills assessment;
   4. (4) substance abuse treatment;
   5. (5) mental health treatment;
   6. (6) rehabilitation activities;
   7. (7) job counseling;
   8. (8) interviewing skills and practice interviews; and
   9. (9) assistance with applications and resumes.
5. (e) Job search and job readiness activities are time-limited as defined in §811.27.

Source Note:The provisions of this §811.41 adopted to be effective November 18, 2003, 28 TexReg 10261; amended to be effective February 26, 2007, 32 TexReg 906.