NEW PATHWAYS
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
“Supported
Employment is paid competitive work that offers ongoing support services in
integrated settings for individuals with the most severe disabilities.
Supported Employment is intended for individuals for whom competitive
employment has not traditionally occurred or has been interrupted or
intermittent as a result of a most severe disability.
This employment outcome is obtained by providing intensive services and
is sustained through the provision of extended services.
The level of employment participation may be full or part-time based on
the interests and abilities of the individual.”
Schoharie
County ARC’s Supported Employment Program currently provides employment
support services to over 90 individuals with various abilities.
Our program, New Pathways, works cooperatively with state and local
agencies to ensure a continuum of quality services for the individuals we serve.
We work with several businesses in Schoharie County to ensure their
employment needs are met, and with the consumer to ensure they have the
necessary supports for successful employment. Services we provide include, but
are not limited to:
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Community-based
Situational Assessment
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Job
Development and Placement
-
Intensive
Job Coaching/training
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Advocacy
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Case
management
-
Extended
support
New
Pathways provides an individualized, comprehensive approach to competitive
employment for those individuals whose disabilities have prevented them from
successfully securing and/or maintaining jobs. Through job site training and
ongoing follow along services, individuals participating in the program are able
to obtain and maintain employment to become valued employees in the work force,
and contributing members of their communities.
Current
Employment sites include:
-
Arby's - 2009 Employer of the
Year Award
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Wal-Mart SuperCenter
-
Grand
Union
-
Price Chopper
-
Sholet's
Furniture Store
-
Best Western
-
Morning
Star Day Care
-
The George Mann Tory Tavern
-
Holiday
Inn Express
-
MOSA
-
Cobleskill
Region Hospital
-
CAS,
Inc. at SUNY Cobleskill
-
Gables
Bed and Breakfast
-
McDonald’s
-
Race
Printing
-
Noble
Ace Hardware
-
Schoharie
Central School
-
Cobleskill-Richmondville School
After-School Program
-
Middleburgh
Central School
-
Schoharie County ARC
-
Guernsey's
Nurseries
-
Pizza Hut
-
Schoharie Valley Animal Shelter
-
FYE
Rotterdam
-
CVS
Pharmacy, Guilderland
-
Delta
Building Services, Schenectady
-
SEFCU
Insurance
-
Middleburgh
Town Clerk
-
My
Shopper
-
Catholic
Charities
For
more information on Supported Employment contact Amy Pricolo-Braun at (518)
295-8130, ext 335 or apricolo-braun@schohariearc.org.
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