Ticket to Work

CareerSource Pinellas is a Social Security Administration approved Employment Network. CareerSource Pinellas and the Ticket to Work program will make it easier for people with disabilities to return to work. We are here to assist you with your career search and planning.

CareerSource Pinellas has a direct impact on the workforce, business, education and economic development communities in Pinellas County. Through various programs, CareerSource Pinellas has assisted an average of 40,000 customers annually, including 1,500 persons with disabilities.

CareerSource Pinellas offers the following services to beneficiaries of a Ticket to Work:

• Initial meeting, assessment, goal setting, job search assistance and long-term planning with the Disability Program Navigator;
• Employability Skills Training to include basic computer skills, resume development, professional interviewing skills, targeting employment transition and other offerings;
• Access to labor market and salary information and workforce training;
• Job fairs and other hiring events;
• Access to understanding benefits, workplace accommodations and community resources; and
• These services are at NO COST to you!

CareerSource Pinellas employs a Disability Program Navigator (DPN)  assists job seekers with disabilities to gain access to services, activities and programs offered at the centers. The DPN also provides information to SSI and SSDI recipients on work incentives offered by the Social Security Administration while assisting with navigating other community resources.

If you are interested in using your Ticket to Work and improving your economic status, please contact Yvette Weiss, Disability Program Navigator, at (727) 608-2498, or via email at yweiss@careersourcepinellas.com. 

CareerSource Pinellas is committed to providing services, activities and programs in fully integrated settings.

To proactively accommodate job seekers with disabilities at the centers, CareerSource Pinellas offers the following adaptive equipment at an ADA-compliant workstation at each of our centers:

• MAGic magnification software;
• Desktop video magnification unit;
• Job Access With Speech (JAWS) reader software;
• SARA scanner and reader;
• Sign-Language Interpreters (with a three day notice);
• Optical trackball mouse;
• Braille keyboard; and
• Text telephone (TTY).

• Abilities Work
• Assistive Technology
• Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
• Disability Job Exchange – Job Search for Disabled Persons
• Disability Rights of Florida
• Disabled Person Job Search Site
• Employ Florida Marketplace
• Employer Assistance and Resource Network
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Family Network on Disabilities
• Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities
• Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology
• Florida Bonding Program
• Florida Division of Blind Services
• Florida Vocational Rehabilitation
• Getting Hired – job search site for disabled persons
• HARTPlus Paratransit Services
• Hillsborough County Government Disability Resource Directory 
• Job Accommodation Network
• Metropolitan Ministries
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
• National Resources Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• CareerOneStop Business Center for Persons with Disabilities
• O*Net Online
• Pepin Academies
• Self Reliance, Inc. Center for Independent Living
• ServiceSource
• Social Security Administration
• Social Security: Ticket to Work Program
• Social Security: Working While Disabled: How We Can Help
• State of Florida Job Search
• Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind
• The Centre for Women
• The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
• The National Organization on Disabilities
• Ticket to Work WISE Webinars
• Red Book
• ​The Three Biggest Myths about Disability Benefits and Work
• U.S. Internal Revenue Service – Tax Benefits for Businesses 
• U.S. Office of Personnel Management
• https://www.dol.gov/odep/return-to-work/
• https://www.dol.gov/odep/return-to-work/employee-prep.htm#prep
• Cover Letter Development
• https://askjan.org/indiv/index.htm
• https://www.careeronestop.org/GetMyFuture/employment/resumes.aspx
• https://askjan.org/corner/vol01iss13.htm