Serving People With Disabilities Since 1972

PROGRAM SERVICES

The vocational rehabilitation services include vocational assessment and paid work experience in the public sector through a supported employment arrangement and in the organization's sheltered workshop which offers training primarily in packaging and assembly line operations. The Sheltered Workshop program serves a total of approximately 120 disabled people each day. People who attend the workshop program also have access to specialized job skills training, vocational counseling, job-seeking skill preparation and job placement assistance as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) and vocational English a a Second Language (instruction and tutoring), adjusted daily living skills instructions and individual living skills classes. Personal development assistance for clients includes social development and interpersonal skills development, work activities training and socialization groups. Community Employment Services: The supported employment program places developmentally disabled individuals in positions with an arrangement whereby training and ongoing supervision are provided by ARS staff who remain on the job until the disabled person is able to perform according to the employer's standards. Companies that are interested in the supported employment program can ask for an individual placement or for a group of four to eight developmentally disabled individuals plus a job coach, who is paid by ARS. Designed for consumers who are ready to transition out of the sheltered workshop environment, and for individuals referred to our program from state agencies, ARS community employment services include: Individual Placements matching consumer skills to a specific type of labor market through partnership with local community businesses. Work Groups giving consumers the opportunity to work outside of the workshop facility while still receiving on-the-site job coaching from ARS staff.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The prograam accepts referrals only frrom mental health facilities, Regional Centers, the Department of Rehabilitation, insurance companies or other rehabilitation programs. An intake appointment is required to begin the assessment process.

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