|
Complimentary Dishes
(related pages, various sections)
Job
Development
Job
Coaching
Creating
a Culture that Emphasizes Employment
Kirsten's
Story
Community
Integration
Menu |
|
Employment
Services
The following is a menu that members of the Village are
given so that they can determine which Employment option they
would like to pursue. There is free choice of any option from the
menu at any point in time; there are no prerequisites and there is no
required or defined "step-structure"
Employment Menu |
|
Appetizers
(All options replace traditional
pre-vocational requirements with actual employment experiences/assistance)
|
| Work-
for- a- day: |
|
Work in a Village owned business for one shift. Meet co-workers,
accomplish tasks, survive failure, become needed, try on a
non-disabled role. You will get paid in cash at the end of the day.
|
| Casual
Labor:
|
|
Work in the community for a time-limited period to accomplish a
specific task for minimum wage and above.
|
| Resource
Center: |
|
Access an array of help in the process of getting a job.
Resources include help with resumes and interviewing, assistance
with applications, a clothes library, voice mail answering service,
SSI/SSDI information, daily newspaper, etc. |
|
Main Courses
(All main courses include standard expectations, high
support, and natural consequences)
|
| Seasonal
Work: |
|
Jobs that become available only at certain times of the year.
These are usually entry level and time or season limited (i.e. bell
ringers for the Salvation Army, flower delivery on Valentines Day)
|
| Group
Placements: |
|
Multiple jobs made available in one community location. Comes
with the security of working with people you know. On site job
coaching may or may not be included.
|
| Transitional
Employment: |
|
Jobs in a community setting that are "owned" by the
Village. Gain work experience for a period of months.
|
| Lease
Labor: |
|
The
employer contracts with the Village to pay you and handle all personnel
matters.
|
| Agency
Run: |
|
Village-run business include Deli 456, the Mini-Mart, clerical
support, maintenance. The businesses are real as are the
expectations and the consequences. Candidates must apply, interview
and get hired. Pay is minimum wage or above
|
| Part
time Community Employment: |
|
Competitive jobs that best match the interests, skills and
experience of each worker with job market options.
|
| Full
Time Community Employment: |
|
Competitive jobs that best match the interests, skills and
experience of each worker with job market options.
|
|
Daily Special
Individualized employment option developed to your
specifications.
|
|
Dessert
(Included with all options)
More money, new friends, a sense of accomplishment, an
increased ability to handle mistakes and failures, new skills, and a new
role not focused on a disability.
|
