Employment Supports

Everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive in their community. We have a wide range of meaningful activities. Aspire works with people to pursue their passions, make choices about their development, explore their community, and build connections. Activities include: • Support for Employment – We provide personalized support to help you find and maintain a job. We… Continue Reading Employment Supports [...]

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Employment Supports

Job seekers are provided both training and assistance with résumé design and interviewing skills. The job developers take an active role in the interviewing process when communication challenges exist but only as necessary. Once a job is found and accepted by a person, does the employment specialist’s role begins. The Arc offers a spectrum… Continue Reading Employment Supports [...]

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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 [...]

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Employment Supports Division

Functional Skill Programs All people who attend the Greenfield Center are assessed through an individualized and person centered approach. We determine specific life domains in that they could enhance. Leisure skills, social skills, safety skills, on-task skills, job readiness skills, activities of daily living, and other essential areas are considered during this assessment process.… Continue Reading Employment Supports Division [...]

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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 [...]

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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. Participants 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 is… Continue Reading Employment Supports Program [...]

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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) [...]

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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) [...]

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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 [...]

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