Working. Holding a job. Earning a paycheck. Paying taxes.
It’s how we make our way, but it’s also something
more. Feeling useful. Earning self-respect. Contributing
to the community.
For decades, Pearl Buck Center has helped adults with developmental
disabilities learn job skills, find jobs, and contribute
both to their own support and to the community in which
they live. The results are measured in changed lives and
increased self-esteem, but also in more tangible ways. With
our help, working adults with developmental disabilities
are earning wages and paying taxes.
Community Employment
| Benefits to Employers | Personal
and Social Development Program | Production
Services
Community Employment
The primary purpose of the Community Employment
Program is to secure employment opportunities for adults
with a variety of disabilities.
Pearl
Buck Center embraces an employment philosophy designed to
match adults with developmental disabilities with appropriate
jobs in both the private and public sectors. Over three-quarters
of the adults in our vocational services programs are working
with our support, training and supervision, at paying jobs
in the community. We will work with employers to identify
personnel needs and provide employees to meet these needs.
The goals of this program are:
• To assist individuals with disabilities to secure
and maintain jobs in the community.
• To further enhance their productivity and
contribution to our society.
We Provide:
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Employees for labor-intensive jobs |
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Employees with previous work experience |
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Personalized job matches |
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Initial training assistance |
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Qualified personnel to meet on-going training and
support needs |
If you or your company are interested in learning more
about our services and what they could mean to you and your
productivity, please contact:
Dan Haun
Adult Services Director
484-4666
Community Placements
Pearl Buck Center can provide individual or group work and
vocational training services for adults with developmental
disabilities through subcontract work performed on the company’s
premises.
The Community Placement program can significantly reduce
costs and benefit employers by providing:
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Flexible workforce |
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Guaranteed piece rate, rather than hourly wage |
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Group supervision provided by Pearl Buck Center |
Benefits to Employers
Here are some of the ways your company can benefit from
hiring workers with developmental disabilities through Pearl
Buck Center:
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Enthusiastic, capable employees |
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Dependable, long-term employees |
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Reduced turn-over |
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Reduced hiring costs |
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Business efficiency |
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Positive community image |
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Increased productivity and job satisfaction |
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Job training reimbursement |
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Support and direction from Pearl Buck Center Employment
Consultants |
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Tax credit |
For information about Community Placements for your company,
contact:
Dan Haun
Adult Services Director
484-4666
Personal and Social Development Program
The Personal and Social Development Program provides daily
living training; community integration; as well as personal,
social and vocational developmental activities to adults
with severe and profound developmental disabilities, many
of whom are medically fragile.
The
primary purpose of this program is to provide the individuals
served with opportunities to:
• Improve self care
• Learn work skills
• Access their community
• Increase personal and social skills
within the community
• Focus on individual goals
Program participants engage in tasks such as:
• Going out for lunch in the community
• Performing sub-contract work to earn a paycheck
• Riding the bus to various sites in the community
• Learning self-help skills
• Participating in gardening, art, and other projects
For
information regarding this program, contact:
Dan Haun
Adult Services Director
484-4666
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