Our Service
• Career Planning and Employment Planning
• Assessment - Situational and Functional
• Supported Employment
• Competitive Employment
• Job Development
• Job Placement
• Job Coaching
• Job Follow-up Services
• Work Skills Development
• Personal Adjustment and Assistance
• Community Inclusion
• Community Outreach for Retirement
• Technical Assistance and Accommodations
• Assistive Technology
• Transportation and Mobility
The following services are accredited by CARF
- the National Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission.
• Employment Planning Services
- are being offered to consumers using a person-centered approach,
which assists them in making informed decisions regarding employment
and the local job market.
• Employee Development Services - promote
individualized learning or reinforcement of work place skills
that make employment experiences successful. This may include
specialized training in areas of interest that lead to successful
careers.
• Community Employment Services -
Job development - targets types of jobs available from
potential employers in the labor market to meet the individualized
needs of consumers based on their assessments, observation, intake
information and support network input, resulting in a successful
job placement.
• Community Employment Services -
Job-Site Training - Includes a detailed job analysis
of the specific job tasks, assessment of environment and physical
plant as well as work culture. On the job training is provided
by employment specialists either short or long term depending
on the needs of the individual.
• Community Employment Services -
Job Supports - Short term or long term job coaching is
provided in competitive or supported employment to promote job
adjustment and retention that leads to successful long term employment.
Follow up support services are available to employers and consumers
for continued job success.
• Community Integration -
offers inclusion in community activities for people and assists
them in areas of personal adjustment such as personal appearance,
including appropriate dress and hygiene; monty management, budgeting,
and banking skill training; building relationships and friendships
with peers and co-workers; developing appropriate social skills
for community involvement; instruction in the use of community
facilities such as restaurants, cafeterias, fitness centers, libraries,
community centers, massage therapy centers; assistance in scheduling
activities; developing awareness of entitlements and subsidies
for employment placements; assistance in scheduling transportation;
assessing and referring consumers for other therapeutic services
in the community such as occupational therapy, physical therapy,
speech & language therapy; community based retirement activities
for older adults. Activities are planned around a person's interests
using available community resources while providing people with
a variety of choices in selecting activities they wish to participate
in.
CHOICE, unlimited believes that through
education, training and support, people with disabilities and
others who have serious barriers to employment, can forge a partnership
that would benefit all, by providing quality work and productivity
to the employer, decreasing dependency on state and federal assistance,
and increasing the competency and confidence of this population
to obtain and maintain careers in long term competitive employment.
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