Workforce Empowerment
What is the Workforce Empowerment Program?
The Workforce Empowerment Program is an intensive, 12 week course designed to hone your soft skills and give you on-the-job experiences. This program is designed for adults with I/DD to build soft skills critical for successful employment, broaden their workplace experiences, and gain a better sense of real-life job roles and responsibilities.
The program can be broken down into 3 distinct sections:
Soft-Skills Workshop
A 12 week soft skill curriculum taught by CC staff. The curriculum includes: ADA basics, communication, professionalism, getting along with your co-workers/supervisor, time management, and employer expectations.
Community-Based Job Shadow
Opportunities to experience many different types of jobs in our community through first-hand experience, and to learn from the people doing those jobs. We usually work with 2 partner organizations/job sites and program participants will get to shadow different jobs at each.
Reflection
A weekly review of workshop information and it’s application at the job-site, reflection on what went well, what didn’t go well, and how that might impact future job searches and employment
Eligibility Requirements:
- Over 18 with I/DD and enrolled on the PUNS list
- Comfortable being independent for 30-60 minutes in a community location
- Have transportation to workshop and job-shadowing sites
Interested in Participating?
Fill out the form and a Community Choices staff member will get back to you with more information.
Workforce Empowerment generally runs two times a year, a spring/summer session and a fall/winter session.
Work for a business that wants to make a difference in the community?
Host a Job Shadow!
Interested in Hosting a Job Shadow?
Fill out the form and let us know your business is interested in hosting a job shadowing opportunity.
We are flexible in how job shadowing functions and what it looks like, so if you’re not sure if your business would work, reach out and we’ll see what we can do!
