Provides job readiness skills including resume preparation, job search assistance, job interview help and on the job coaching to assist in job retention.

Focuses on employing individuals with developmental disabilities with community businesses.   Helps locate an appropriate job with a specific employer for each client.   Provides one-on-one, on-site job coaching and follow-up services to ensure job retention and wage progression.   All individuals served receive case management, including individualized person-centered planning and behavior intervention.   Services are provided based on individual choice and support needs.   Employment sites are located throughout King County.   Offers adaptive technology and accommodations for employment.

Provides a no-cost, easy enrollment, job search center where anyone from the community can get help with job seeking and building computer skills. Job seekers can work with staff to build resumes, cover letters, find job leads, practice interviewing preparation, and more. Computer classes are offered on a weekly basis on topics for first time computer users, to classes for developing skills for working in office environments, also available in 1 on 1 appointments. Services are completely free, thanks to donations and purchases at Goodwill retail stores.

Tessera Community Employment Services works with local businesses to create job opportunities for customers with disabilities and helps them obtain/maintain employment or participate more fully in their local community. Services are offered in Jefferson, Kitsap, Clallam and Spokane counties.

Helps adults with disabilities to create and maintain relationships in their communities through volunteer work, community groups, and other opportunities to be in integrated settings.

Provides assessments, on-the-job training, job development and ongoing long-term support for adults with disabilities. Support individuals through the entire employment process. Services include: - Community based assessments - Trial work assessments - Job placement services - Retentions and intensive trainings

Provides employment services to people with disabilities.   Employment services include  -  Work assessment -  Job development and placement -  Training -  On-going supports -  Customized employment -  On-site packaging and assembly work   Employment opportunities available at SKCAC and elsewhere in the community.

These classes equip youth with essential skills for exiting street life. Classes are taught by experts in the community who are trained in money management, housing, physical health, substance abuse and employment.

Helps find and keep a job by providing ongoing training and support, such as advocacy, for individuals with disabilities. Support is provided at place of employment or in other settings, as needed. Services include: -  Job assessments -  Job training -  Job placement -  Job retention

Designed for individuals with developmental disabilities.  Personal vocational assessment and in-depth individualized development.  On-site job coach training to meet employer expectations.

Helps Medicaid recipients, who are 16 and older, find and maintain employment. Focuses on those with mental health or substance use disorders. Also provides supportive housing services.

Artisans is a non-profit agency providing services necessary for individual job development, employment support, and employment opportunities in the community for persons with disabilities.

Helps individuals with disabilities interested in obtaining employment explore their interests, talents, competencies, and support needs. An employment specialist assesses their skills and identifies and builds additional employment skills. Assessments: An employment specialist works with the individual and their support team to determine what job will be the best match for the person and their skills. Job Development and Placement: For individuals who are certain about the work they want to pursue, our employment specialist will engage in marketing and recruitment activities to approach employers on behalf of the individual looking for employment. The goal is the job seeker gaining integrated employment in a position that matches with his/her skills and interests. Training and Retention: Assistance is provided to help participants maintain employment. The length of time needed will vary depending on the individual’s support needs and funding options. The new employee is supported to learn and accomplish the tasks of the job; communicate with co-workers; and become part of the fabric of that employer’s workforce.

Provides an array of employment and training services to job seekers and employers in Washington.

Provides employment opportunities for people who are blind, DeafBlind, and blind with other disabilities. Many opportunities are available in manufacturing and other lines of work. Employees have access to additional services such as orientation and mobility, computer training, and other programs.

Provides assessments, on-the-job training, job development and ongoing long-term support for adults with disabilities. Support individuals through the entire employment process. Services include: - Community based assessments - Trial work assessments - Job placement services - Retentions and intensive trainings

Christ Kitchen provides job training and employment for impoverished women. Offers 9 training matrices, so that when a woman graduates, she is able to become employed and earn more than minimum wage, benefits, and no longer dependent on government assistance or destructive relationships to survive.

Helps WorkFirst participants gain paid work experience and overcome issues that can interfere with keeping a job. Provides one-on-one assistance. Offers a chance to gain marketable skills, while getting paid. Participants may spend a few weeks to several months working at their host site depending on how quickly participants find permanent employment. Additional services available case-by-case: GED prep testing, short term training, job search assistance, workshops, and LEP services.

Helps individuals with disabilities interested in obtaining employment explore their interests, talents, competencies, and support needs. An employment specialist assesses their skills and identifies and builds additional employment skills. Assessments: An employment specialist works with the individual and their support team to determine what job will be the best match for the person and their skills. Job Development and Placement: For individuals who are certain about the work they want to pursue, our employment specialist will engage in marketing and recruitment activities to approach employers on behalf of the individual looking for employment. The goal is the job seeker gaining integrated employment in a position that matches with his/her skills and interests. Training and Retention: Assistance is provided to help participants maintain employment. The length of time needed will vary depending on the individual’s support needs and funding options. The new employee is supported to learn and accomplish the tasks of the job; communicate with co-workers; and become part of the fabric of that employer’s workforce.

The developmental disability case manager and staff provide community access programs and supported employment to community members that have developmental disabilities. They also provide cooking and nutrition classes, craft activities and socials to encourage them to interact with others in the community.

Provides a personnel service that matches qualified workers who have developmental disabilities with the labor needs of businesses large and small. Career Consultants with Goodwill assist in the placement, training and supervision of employees at no cost to the employer. Goal of the program is to ensure the inclusion of persons with disabilities and to assist them in overcoming barriers to employment so that they can obtain competitive wage jobs.

The Easterseals Washington Workforce Development program helps adults achieve and maintain gainful, competitively paid, employment in their communities.   Participants in the program are paired with an employment consultant, if needed, to learn new skills or to supplement the employers training.   Easterseals Washington Workforce Development also works with people referred by the Division or Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) to help find competitively paid employment in the community.     For persons who are 62 years of age or older a Community Inclusion Program (CI) helps customers create and maintain relationships made in their communities.    

Helps individuals with disabilities interested in obtaining employment explore their interests, talents, competencies, and support needs. An employment specialist assesses their skills and identifies and builds additional employment skills. Assessments: An employment specialist works with the individual and their support team to determine what job will be the best match for the person and their skills. Job Development and Placement: For individuals who are certain about the work they want to pursue, our employment specialist will engage in marketing and recruitment activities to approach employers on behalf of the individual looking for employment. The goal is the job seeker gaining integrated employment in a position that matches with his/her skills and interests. Training and Retention: Assistance is provided to help participants maintain employment. The length of time needed will vary depending on the individual’s support needs and funding options. The new employee is supported to learn and accomplish the tasks of the job; communicate with co-workers; and become part of the fabric of that employer’s workforce.

Service provides job development, pre-vocational readiness and job coaching support.

Matches people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDDs) to jobs in the community that fit their needs and abilities. Includes a skill and interest assessment, resume development, interview preparation, job placement and coaching, career development, and employer support.