The Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment Opportunity Program assists
individuals to obtain and retain jobs in their communities.
The program helps individuals to identify their interests and develop
the skills necessary to attain and maintain desired employment.
The program attempts to individualize supports. The program
promotes self-advocacy, career exploration and development and
assists consumers in identifying their strengths to promote self-satisfaction
with career choice and recovery.
Services Offered:
- Resume writing and role-playing
- Job site development
- Onsite or offsite job coaching
- Support group for persons employed where they can share employment
issues and concerns with their peers
- Consultation to the agency’s three multidisciplinary teams,
assisting in treatment planning for rehabilitation
- Consultation at the West Haven Mental Health Clinic to consumers
who are interested in working
- Consultation to local Boards of Education
- Interview skills/application completion
- Pre-vocational Group – providing volunteer opportunities and
hands-on work experience
- Provide transportation when appropriate
- Business Advisory Board
Program hours are flexible depending on the particular situation.
For example, a job coach may need to be available the hours in
which the consumer is working. It is not unusual for a program
staff member to work on weekends and into the evening.
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