Job Skills Training For People With Disabilities | Vocational Guidance Services
Provides vocational training and, in many cases, paid, hands-on work experience in areas such as packaging, assembly, quality control, food service, material handling, forklift operation, call/customer service center staff, building maintenance, custodial skills, clerical/computer skills. Training is provided to build employability skills such as attendance, punctuality, grooming, on-the-job performance, time management, money management, and communication at work. Additional services, including GED preparation and remedial education, are available to all program participants.
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211 Cleveland
Physical Address
2235-2239 E 55th St., Cleveland, OH 44103
Hours
Varies, generally M-F: 8:00am-4:30pm.
Fax
(216) 431-5123
fax | Main office
Voice
Voice
Website
Application process
Phone to make an appointment for intake. A referral is not required in order to walk in for a tour of the facility and an overview of the program during the above hours. Service by referral is suggested, in order to cover fees. Such referrals are often made through agencies including County Boards of Developmental Disabilities, Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, or Vocational Rehabilitation Public & Private Partnership - VRP3), Bureau of Worker's Compensation/Managed Care Organizations - BWC/MCO, Veterans Administration - VA, and other referral/funding agencies.
Fee
Fixed fee often paid by third party. No cost to individual.
Eligibility
Serves ages 18 and older who are residents of Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Ashtabula, Portage, Trumbull, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Erie, Huron, Geauga, Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, or Licking Counties. Serves individuals who have a disability (physical, mental, developmental, etc.) or who are economically disadvantaged or who have other barriers to employment such as a criminal background, homelessness, educationally disadvantaged and who are eligible for third-party funding. Work evaluation/situational assessment or work adjustment is recommended, but not required.
Service area
Lake County, Ohio Erie County, Ohio Sandusky County, Ohio Geauga County, Ohio Medina County, Ohio Summit County, Ohio Ohio Licking County, Ohio Trumbull County, Ohio Franklin County, Ohio Ashtabula County, Ohio Cuyahoga County, Ohio Fairfield County, Ohio Delaware County, Ohio Huron County, Ohio Ottawa County, Ohio Seneca County, Ohio Lorain County, Ohio Portage County, Ohio
Agency info
Vocational Guidance Services
Service model focuses on individual strengths and recognizes the pathway to entering the workforce is not linear. Services and programs address the coninuum of disabilities over the lifespan.