Employment Services - Project Search
PROJECT SEARCH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM:
On-the-job training course and job placement program offered through the joint efforts of Oakland Adult and Career Education Adults with Disabilities Program and East Bay Innovations
County of Alameda Project SEARCH
Program runs February through January. Applications for each program should be submitted at least six months prior to the start date of the program.
Oakland Children's Hospital Project SEARCH
Program runs August through July. Applications for each program should be submitted at least six months prior to the start date of the program.
Program
Overview and Goals: The East Bay Innovations/Oakland
Adult & Career Education Project SEARCH program is a year-long,
Monday through Friday internship for adults with developmental
disabilities taking place entirely at a host business site
within the community. Total workplace immersion
facilitates a seamless combination of classroom instruction,
career exploration
and on-the-job training. The goal for each intern is to have
exposure to careers in health or the public
sector environments, to build resumes and
to attain competitive employment at the host business site or
within the community using the skills they have acquired.
Worksite Rotations: Interns build both academic
and vocational skills through “hands-on” work experience in various departments
throughout the host business. These unpaid student internships will
involve complex but routine tasks in assembly, clerical, courier,
sterilization, stocking
and environmental
services. Project Search graduates will have an opportunity to rotate
through three departments throughout their training.
Eligibility and Referral: Applicants should be
18 or older, have exited the k-12 school system, meet eligibility
requirements for Regional Center of the East Bay, pass criminal
background check, meet immunization requirements, be able
to utilize independent transportation options, adhere to the
business site's dress and standards of conduct and benefit from
a support and training ratio of 1:4.
Call for questions or submit completed applications to:
Lori Kotsonas, 510-618-1580 ext. 15
East Bay Innovations
303 W Joaquin Ave #110, San Leandro, CA 94577
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| County of Alameda Project SEARCH Internship Site List (2011) |
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| Childrens' Hospital Project SEARCH Internship Site List (2011) |
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