The Employee Development Program (E.D.) is designed to serve individuals who need basic job preparation and paid work experience in a structured group setting. Participants come to Hire-Ability’s workshop setting five days a week and are assigned a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor who provides job skills training, conducts classes and follows their progress in the program.
The E.D. program assists participants in reaching
their optimal level of vocational development by utilizing real work activity to aid them in the following areas:
The majority of the program is conducted in an assembly warehouse setting. Participants are in charge of assembling products that will be sold in the competitive marketplace.
There are on-going written evaluations and progress reports on employment skills and vocational goals. These include but are not limited to:
| Purpose | The goal is to prepare participants for competitive employment through basic job preparation and paid work experience in a structured group setting. |
| Basic Information | • Participants engage in basic job skills and soft skills training (eg. attendance, punctuality, work endurance, communication skills, grooming, etc.) through assembly and packaging work and unpaid job preparation classes. • 12:1 participant to staff ratio |
| Schedule | • Services are provided at Hire-Ability Monday through Friday, 9:30am – 12:30pm • Length of program is individually based |
| Compensation, if any | Participants are paid in accordance with the SF Minimum Compensation Ordinance |
| Admission Procedure | Admission is on-going and is dependent on group size. Participants must be receiving mental health services through CBHS. |
