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Provides a Supported Employment Program for/with persons with disabilities throughout the Commonwealth. Our mission is to enable individuals with varying levels of disability achieve greater independence and improve the quality of their lives by assisting them to reach their maximum medical improvement and to fulfill their vocational potential in a cost effective manner for the funding sources

Employee Development and Work Adjustment Training is comprehensive, individualized, and designed to develop or reestablish skills, attitudes, personal characteristics, work behaviors, and functional capacities in order to achieve positive employment outcomes. Services are time-limited and can be provided directly to individuals seeking employment or indirectly through employer/employee support programs. Job services are provided at the job site and can include counseling, intensive job training, and development of work habits, and behaviors appropriate for the work environment. Prior to completion of the program, a review is held utilizing input from the program individual, staff, families, advocates, funders, and other involved agency representatives to determine the potential for competitive employment, additional training, or the transition to other Goodwill programs. Employee Development and Training is offered to individuals living in the counties of Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockbridge, and Wythe, and the cities of Buena Vista, Covington, Galax, Lexington, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Radford, Roanoke, and Salem.

MVLE Employment Services provides full-time and part-time employment opportunities to individuals served, both onsite and in the community. The goal of this department is to develop career paths leading to more independent employment in the community. Services are offered at MVLE's Community Centers in Springfield and Chantilly, VA.

Offers a Developmental Day Support Program to individuals who need additional assistance in developing independence in the activities of daily living. The target population for the program will be those individuals with developmental disabilities who fall within the severe to profound range of Intellectual Disability. The following are areas in which a program participant may pursue independence: Self-Care/Adult Daily Living Skills Communication Socio-Emotional Development Cognitive/Educational Development Environmental Skills Recreational/Leisure Sensory Motor Development

Provides personal and/or economic growth for persons with disabilities through the provision of training, supports, community participation and employment options. Services include work adjustment training, extended employment, work readiness, day support, and supported employment. IDCs are located in Atkins, Wytheville and Hillsville, Virginia.

Employment services include placement activities, job development and other employment supports provided to persons at various ability levels, interest and choice. Persons receive compensation. Employment Services models include full coverage staffing to group employment (enclave), mobile crews and intermittent supports provided to persons within the Individual Employment. Specialty opportunities include: recycling, food service preparation, food service utility, retail, hotel - hospitality services, grounds maintenance, office and home cleaning.

The purpose of the Kenmore Club is to provide citizens who are living with the effects of mental illness the chance to work and become self-supporting members of the community. Members participate voluntarily in work units of their choice which focus on the duties necessary for the daily operation of the Club. Work units include: Food; Membership; Clerical; and Maintenance. By taking part in the unit activities members gain confidence, build self-esteem, learn job-related skills, and work with others towards a common goal of recovery. Kenmore Club also provides educational training and transitional employment opportunities.

Employment and Day Support Services provides support to Loudoun residents with intellectual disabilities or serious mental illness. A variety of programs are offered, to include the Community Access Program (CAP), Psychosocial Rehabilitation and JobLink. Through the Job Link program, the Department of MHSADS helps people obtain and keep competitive employment positions in the community.

Hermitage Enterprises provide vocational and day support services to citizens with intellectual disabilities.

Job-related discovery or assessment, person-centered employment planning, job development, negotiation with prospective employers, on-the-job training, evaluation and support, developing work-related skills, and ongoing follow-along supports.

Provide Virginia Beach citizens with developmental disabilities with efficient, effective employment services that will enhance the quality of their lives and increase their opportunities to participate in all aspects of the community.

Didlake provides a broad range of Employment Services to ensure employment success for adults with disabilities. The goal is to match your passion and skills to the best employment opportunity. Didlake work together with the client and their support team to customize the Employment Services to develop a successful strategy for achieving your employment goals.

VersAbility Resources offers day support programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at three separate locations and the Lewis B. Puller Center provides long-term employment and training as well.

The Supported Employment Individual model provides one-on-one services to help individuals with disabilities transition from job preparation to successful employment. Goodwill provides support with job matching and placement, training, and ongoing follow-along services to create mutual confidence between employees and employers. Services include job analysis and task analysis, job placement, public transportation planning and training, hands-on training facilitated by a Vocational Services Employment Specialist in a community business, and monitoring participants' home and work environments to ensure employment retention.

Provides counseling, training and employment to No. VA residents with mental and physical disabilities. Offers jobs in mail center management, food service operations, document imaging and scanning, full-service fulfillment, assembly, packaging, data entry, and administrative support.

Provides employment supports to a variety of customers in community based settings, including: people with mild to severe disabilities and people with economic challenges. Services include: supported employment, job development and placement, job coach training services, situational assessment, life skills training, and social security benefits management services. Supports a variety of customers in community based settings, including people with mild to severe disabilities, people with economic challenges, for example, TANF recipients, and people with medical concerns.

Support Employment Program provides job development, job placement, individualized training, support and follow along services to individuals with disabilities which hinder their employability in competitive jobs in the community. Individuals have the option of individual job placement in the community or working in a jantorial enclave in the community if an position is available in the enclave.

Achieve assists people with disabilities or disadvantages achieve greater independence and self-esteem through vocational training and employment.

An Employment Service Organization to provide transitional, supported employment and vocational services to individuals with disabilities who could not otherwise find and maintain competitive employment on their own.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services provides assistance to individuals recovering from mental illness through case management, supported living, intensive community treatment, and a "clubhouse" program. For routine Intakes, individuals are encouraged to call the main telephone number and request an Intake and Assessment.

Goodwill’s Group Supported Employment program offers a high level of training, assistance and specialized supervision to individuals who require ongoing supervision but are able to work in an integrated employment setting. A group of participants (maximum of 8) with similar work interests work side-by-side with a Goodwill Employment Specialist, who provides assistance and guidance in completing job-related tasks and setting and achieving long-term goals.

Frontier Industries is dedicated to empowering people with developmental, emotional and/or physical disabilities offering vocational, employment, residential, developmental and community integration services to achieve personal independence. Supported Living offers needed supports for adults with developmental disabilities who choose to live in their own homes.

Specializes in group and individual vocational evaluation, training and support to work at businesses in the local community. ECHO specializes in providing community-based group supported employment (GSE) which maximizes each participant's opportunities in accordance with their interests. Individuals work in small groups with on-site support at businesses in the local community. ECHO also offers Individualized Supported Employment (ISE), to assist participants to secure employment through coaching, individualized support and training.

Provides sheltered employment for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Works closely with the Department of Rehabilitation Services. Employment opportunities include off-site contracts in janitorial services and lawn maintenance, and on-site contracts with recycling, sorting hardware, collating documents, and packaging meals for shipping.

Supports people with disabilities to develop a career path and acquire and retain competitive employment. SJCS Employment Specialists provide each person job coaching and on-the-job training and support, while employers and co-workers are supported to work effectively with new employees.