Peninsula Services is a non-profit United Way funded agency that works to train and find employment for persons with disabilities.  Most participants are referred to our services by other organizations such as DVR, DDD or DSHS and most recently DSB, and there are no fees charged to the individual.
Offers an array of comprehensive rehabilitative and supportive programs that are based on the belief that persons with disabilities grow and develop as do all persons; that persons with disabilities can work and want to work; and they should be provided with support that accentuates the individual's talents, choice, respect and dignity in pursuing life options.
Training opportunities include All Shred document destruction with mobile shredding truck that can pick up throughout the county, Grounds Maintenance at sites throughout Naval Base Kitsap,  and the agency-run Servmart Supply Stores in Bremerton and Oak Harbor, and training at other community sites as well.

Job Training and Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities offered at Peninsula Services

Provides an individualized vocational program for disabled adults that may include work training, vocational counseling, interview preparation, resume assistance, job coaching, budgeting, and employment opportunities.

Programs that find paid, meaningful work in a variety of community-based settings for people who have disabilities and which assign a "job coach" to work side-by-side with each client to interface with the employer and other employees, and provide training in basic job skills and work-related behaviors, assistance with specific tasks as needed and whatever other initial or ongoing support is required to ensure that the individual retains competitive employment. Included are individual placement models in which a job coach works on-the-job with a single individual and group models such as enclaves (which are self-contained work units of people needing support) and mobile work crews, in which a group of workers with disabilities receives continuous support and supervision from supported employment personnel. In the enclave model, groups of people with disabilities are trained to work as a team alongside employees in the host business supported by a specially trained on-site supervisor, who may work either for the host company or the placement agency. A variation of the enclave approach is called the "dispersed enclave" and is used in service industries (e.g., restaurants and hotels). Each person works on a separate job, and the group is dispersed throughout the company. In the mobile work crew model, a small team of people with disabilities works as a self-contained business and undertakes contract work such as landscaping and gardening projects. The crew works at various locations in a variety of settings within the community under the supervision of a job coach.

Supported Employment

Businesses that destroy sensitive documents at the request of organizations to ensure that client, employee and confidential business information is kept secure; and for private individuals who want to safely dispose of bills, tax documents, credit card and bank account statements, and other items that could be used by thieves to commit fraud or identity theft. Shredding services may be provided onsite using mobile shredding trucks or at off-site shredding facilities; and typically handle office paper, staples, paper clips, books and binders, but with increasing security concerns customers can also request shredding of CDs, DVDs, hard drives, credit cards, reel tapes, cassette tapes and other, more durable materials.

Shredding Services

Programs that administer tests which measure an individual's skills, abilities, interests, personality traits and other attributes for success in different occupational areas or specific positions. Also included are programs that allow people to "try out" jobs in the community for short periods of time to determine whether there is a fit and, in the case of people with disabilities, to determine the type of supports the individual might require to succeed if hired for that type of job.

Vocational Assessment

Organizations that offer new or secondhand furniture, appliances, clothing, toys and other material goods at lower than retail prices, and which often use the proceeds from sales to support other services to the community. Thrift shops accept direct donations from the public of new and reusable goods. Also included are other types of resale shops that sell secondhand but reusable musical instruments, salvaged building materials, office equipment, sports equipment, books, CDs and other material goods.

Thrift Shops

Programs that enable individuals with disabilities, people who abuse drugs or alcohol, or people who have emotional problems to obtain the training and employment experiences they need to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Services may include vocational evaluation, work adjustment, work experience, training in marketable skills and placement in competitive employment or a sheltered work environment.

Vocational Rehabilitation

Programs that provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities to learn and practice work skills in a separate and supported environment. Participants may be involved in the program on a transitional or ongoing basis, and are paid for their work, generally under a piecework arrangement. The nature of the work and the types of disabilities represented in the workforce vary widely by program and by the area in which the organization is located. Individuals participate in center-based employment for a variety of reasons including severity of disability, need for additional training or experience, need for a protected environment and/or lack of availability of community-based employment.

Disability Related Center Based Employment

Programs that pay for or provide paper, binders, labels, writing pads, scissors, rulers, pens/pencils, rubber bands, paper clips and other office supplies, often at no cost or lower than retail prices.

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Job Training and Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities offered at Peninsula Services