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Employment Services - Project Search

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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
First Program runs Oct. 19th, 2009 through January 28th, 2011. The next program begins January 2011 and will run one year.

Oakland Children's Hospital
Program runs July 13th, 2009 through June 30th, 2010. The next program begins August 1, 2010 Applications are being accepted and interviews being arranged for those individuals interested in applying.

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



Application and Other Documents
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Typical Day Intern Task Examples