Employment Services
Goodwill collaborates with local employers to create opportunities and turn people with disabilities into taxpayers.
Supported Employment
Supported Employment is a nationally recognized approach to helping people with severe disabilities find and maintain employment.
Goodwill carefully assesses a person’s skills and interests in order to match employer needs. Goodwill staff then supplement the employer’s regular training and supervision—at no cost to the employer—until the employee’s performance meets expectations. Goodwill will provide assistance in identifying and arranging job modifications and reasonable accommodations, and ongoing follow-up services are also provided to ensure continued satisfaction for both employer and employee.
Examples of job placements include light clerical work, assembly work, food service, stocking shelves, janitorial, messenger, and mailroom work. Program participants are available to work from 2 to 40 hours a week.
Supported Employment helps local employers save recruitment and training costs, reduces turnover, expands and diversifies the workforce, and provides the enthusiastic workers employers are looking for. In turn,employers help individuals attain their goals of independence. It’s a win-win situation.
If you are interested in learning more about our supported employment services, please contact Barbara Caswell, Director of Vocational Services, at 608-246-3140, ext.125.
The Co-Employment Program
This unique program gives people with a disability who are living independently the option to recruit, hire, train and supervise their own support workers. Acting as co-employer, Goodwill handles many management-related duties, such as recruitment, interviewing, and the legal documentation involved in the hiring process.
If you would like more information about this program, please contact Bonny Lyons, Co-Employment Coordinator, at 608-246-3140, ext. 153.
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