Offers vocational evaluation & training, work trials, up through job placement for developmentally disabled people using team approach. Each individual referred will participate in 30 work day evaluation and team will develop ISP. Funded by MCB, DMH, DDS, MassAbility contracts, local public schools. HCP parking and transportation for a fee available. Wheelchair Ramps, Elevators, Accessible… Continue Reading Employment Supports [...]
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Employment Supports
Group Supported Employment: Valley Collaborative works with local organizations to provide people with the opportunity to work and earn money in a fully integrated, small group setting. They are supported by a Valley Collaborative Direct Support Professional staff member. People who work in Valley’s group supported model are considered worker trainees. They complete worksite… Continue Reading Employment Supports [...]
Employment Supports
Everyone appreciates the essential role that a decent, well-paying job plays in providing us with the basic necessities and comforts in life. Most would agree that our work provides us with so much more than a weekly paycheck. It is one of the primary ways we define ourselves as adults. Work provides structure and meaning… Continue Reading Employment Supports [...]
Employment Supports – North Shore
The Triangle North Shore Employment Program assists people with a variety of disabilities to find jobs, gain employment, and stay employed. We provide services in a variety of ways, in groups or individually, according to the needs of the clients. The focus of the program is to help people to get as close as… Continue Reading Employment Supports – North Shore [...]
Employment Supports Division
Supported group programs offer job training and jobs for people who can use extra support and help. These include manufacturing and service industry companies located throughout the communities we serve. Our landscaping work crew also employs residents in our developmental disabilities programs. Prospect Meadow Farm—a therapeutic vocational farming program for people with disabilities. The… Continue Reading Employment Supports Division [...]
Employment Supports Program
Goodwill’s mission services focus on helping people find and keep employment. This is critical for economic self-sufficiency and mobility. Program members are typically people with significant barriers including: developmental and physical disabilities reliance on government benefits histories of domestic violence and incarceration limited English more Almost all members are very low income. Most are… Continue Reading Employment Supports Program [...]
Employment Supports Program
The Employment Support program at Bridgewell’s Boston Street Center (BSC) offers work services for adults ages 18 to retirement who have developmental disabilities (DD). Members may have other disabilities such as visual and/ or hearing impairments, physical limitations and medical or behavioral challenges. BSC provides job development, placement and job coaching services. Each person… Continue Reading Employment Supports Program [...]
Employment Training Center (ETC)
Our employment services provide people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) the support they need to develop important job skills needed for job opportunities. We provide community-based vocational training and employment opportunities. Vinfen offers individuals a variety of options to assist job seekers on their path to finding a job. We provide services that help our job… Continue Reading Employment Training Center (ETC) [...]
Employment, Community Based Day Supports & Transitions,(ECB)
Employment & Community Based Day Supports (ECB) Employment Services provide work training and employment for 75-85 people with developmental disabilities each year. The goal is to maximize each person’s independence and inclusion in the community by providing individualized employment training and work skill refinement at small, community-based work sites. Community Based Day Supports (CBDS)… Continue Reading Employment, Community Based Day Supports & Transitions,(ECB) [...]
Employment, Community Based Day Supports, Adult Family Care, School to Work Transitions
Opportunities for Inclusion serves children, teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. Our programs include: Day Habilitation Community Based Day Supports (CBDS) In Home Supports Employment Services Group Supported Employment Individual Supported Employment in the community School to Work Transitions for Waltham High School students Adult Family Care Recreation programs… Continue Reading Employment, Community Based Day Supports, Adult Family Care, School to Work Transitions [...]
