What We Do
Career Services

Community-based services that assist a person with finding and maintaining employment or establishing their own business. Supports may include direct and indirect support for job skills training, job development, and ongoing job coaching support designed to assist with accessing and maintaining paid employment in the community.

Employment Services include Discovery, Job Development, Follow-Along Supports, Ongoing Job Supports, Self-Employment Development Supports.

Discovery

Comprehensive person driven, and community-based employment planning designed to assist a person to identify their abilities, interests and ideal conditions of employment.

Development

Assisting a person to learn necessary skills to obtain a competitive job that aligns with their interests in an integrated employment setting.

Support

Ongoing supports designed to ensure that a person has the assistance necessary to learn and complete tasks and maintain their employment, including transportation supports. 

Achieving Your Career Goals, Together

Providence Career Services is your partner in achieving a competitive job you love in your community. Through person driven planning, every person at Providence can chart their own path, design their own future, and contribute the way they want in their community. Providence Career Services is your partner in achieving a competitive job you love in your community. Our employment specialists are here to support you throughout your career journey, from exploring opportunities to securing your dream job. At Providence, we focus on helping each person find a solid job match that goes hand-in-hand with reaching their level of independence within their career journey. We build relationships with local businesses, offering personalized discovery, skill-building, work-based learning opportunities, and on-the-job supports, as needed.

 

"Career Services provided me with the guidance and resources I needed to find a job that truly aligns with my passion for community work. Their support in refining my resume, preparing for interviews, and connecting me with potential employers was invaluable. Thanks to their help, I now have a fulfilling job where I can make a positive impact every day."
- Tyler Kirsch

Career Services

Employment Discovery

A time-limited, comprehensive, person driven, and community-based employment planning support service designed to assist the person to identify his/her abilities, interests and ideal
conditions of employment.

Job Development

Support provided for a person to obtain an individual job in a competitive integrated employment setting in the general workforce.

Follow-Along Supports

Monthly supports which include a minimum of two face-to-face visits that occur after the person has transitioned into their job and are designed to ensure that the person has the assistance necessary to maintain their jobs.

On-Going Job Support

Provides support to the person: (1) in learning and completing tasks in the person’s competitive integrated employment; and (2) to maintain the person’s competitive integrated employment.

Transportation

Transportation varies from person to person. It can include staff transport, family transport, public transport (bus, cab, etc.), state provided transport (Mobility, etc.), and Uber and Lyft. The state also provides funding for transportation.

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