Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
Summer 2014
Keywords
Communication of Goals and Expectations, Community Life Engagement, CLE, Supported Living, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, I/DD, Developmental Disabilities, ThinkWork
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Rehabilitation and Therapy | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work | Sociology | Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
Abstract
Job Squad is a medium-sized CRP that provides services to individuals in 13 counties within West Virginia. In 2005, responding to customer demands, executive director Brenda Hellwig and her staff received training from Griffin Hammis Associates to offer community employment services. Once trained, the career counselors at Job Squad found that their most successful jobs were matches between job seekers and small businesses that needed their skills and could provide natural supports. The team then started the Community Economic Development blog at http:// jobsquadinc.blogspot.com/. This is a platform to communicate with employers,
Recommended Citation
ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston, "Service Provider Promising Practice: Job Squad, Inc. (West Virginia) - A Blog that Conveys the Importance of Community Employment" (2014). ThinkWork! Publications. 37.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/thinkwork/37