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Supported Employment

Serving counties: Wayne

Programs that find paid, meaningful work in a variety of community-based settings for people who have disabilities and which assign a "job coach" to work side-by-side with each client to interface with the employer and other employees, and provide training in basic job skills and work-related behaviors, assistance with specific tasks as needed and whatever other initial or ongoing support is required to ensure that the individual retains competitive employment. Included are individual placement models in which a job coach works on-the-job with a single individual and group models such as enclaves (which are self-contained work units of people needing support) and mobile work crews, in which a group of workers with disabilities receives continuous support and supervision from supported employment personnel. In the enclave model, groups of people with disabilities are trained to work as a team alongside employees in the host business supported by a specially trained on-site supervisor, who may work either for the host company or the placement agency. A variation of the enclave approach is called the "dispersed enclave" and is used in service industries (e.g., restaurants and hotels). Each person works on a separate job, and the group is dispersed throughout the company. In the mobile work crew model, a small team of people with disabilities works as a self-contained business and undertakes contract work such as landscaping and gardening projects. The crew works at various locations in a variety of settings within the community under the supervision of a job coach.

Found 5 resources (displaying 5)

Thru: New York State Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services ACCES-VR

Eligibility:
Individuals with disabilities that interfere with employment who require vocational rehabilitation. High school students who are transitioning to adult services are also served.
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New York State Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services - Geneseo Satellite Office

6 Court Street
Livingston County Workforce Development Office, Room 105
Geneseo, NY

Thru: Heritage Christian Services

Eligibility:
Call for information.
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Heritage Christian Services

275 Kenneth Drive
Suite 100
Rochester, NY

Thru: Wayne County Community Schools

Eligibility:
Youth ages 14-24 in the area served.

Thru: The Arc Wayne

Eligibility:
Determined by NYS OPWDD.
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The Arc Wayne

150 Van Buren Street
Newark, NY

Thru: Goodwill of the Finger Lakes

Eligibility:
Visual impairment or legal blindness. Vocational​/employment services: For individuals who are legally blind, ages 14 and up, by referral of a New York State Commission for the Blind vocational rehabilitation counselor.
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Goodwill of the Finger Lakes

500 S Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY

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