Employment Services. JVS provides individualized job development, resume preparation, vocational planning, application procedures, sign language interpreting, bi-lingual services, job placement and follow-up services..

Supported Employment. Participants are assisted in finding employment in the community and are provided with job readiness training, individualized job placement and job coaching and support, as needed, to maintain employment. ;.

SKILLS TRAINING

Homemaker/Health Care Aide. In a classroom setting, students develop the skills necessary for occupations such as Health Care Aide, Homemaker, Companion and Child Care provider. A field site experience is provided..



Business Services. Participants receive on-the-job skills training in copy operations, supply room, mail and warehouse services and are paid while in training at a variety of state and federal governmental sites. .

Janitorial. Participants learn janitorial skills including office cleaning, floor and carpet maintenance, use of industrial cleaning supplies and machinery, and safety techniques. Participants are paid during training which takes place in the classroom, at a work center and at a variety of state and federal governmental sites..

Clerical - Business Career Institute. Students learn basic clerical skills including keyboarding, data entry, word processing, entry-level accounting and/or spreadsheets as well as business math, English and writing. Unique features include an internship, adaptive devices for certain physical disabilities, small classes and supportive counseling. BCI is licensed by the Illinois State Board of Education, Alternative Learning Partnerships, Private Business and Vocational Schools..

Blumberg Center. Students learn entry-level clerical skills in an individualized learning environment. The curriculum includes accounting, keyboarding, 10-key calculator, WordPerfect and/or spreadsheets, and an introduction to Windows..



Retail Services. In partnership with the Walgreen company, this program prepares people for retail services occupations. In three weeks, students gain practical knowledge in cash management, customer service, cash register/scanners, computerized photo-processing and stock work. Graduates will qualify for retail positions at Walgreens or other retail companies..

WORK SERVICES

Work Evaluation - Individualized vocational plans are developed through interest, vocational aptitude and situational work assessment. .

Work Training - Following an individual plan, participants improve work skills and interpersonal relations in a work center. Work centers provide training using activities such as shrink wrapping, packaging, and light assembly. .

REHABILITATION SERVICES

Remploy - Paid work and life enrichment activities are offered to Jewish senior adults with disabilities..

Psycho-Social Rehabilitation. The recovering mentally ill who are eligible for state funding participate in work focused programming. Those who may not be ready for competitive jobs receive training in socially acceptable behavior, self-care competence and pre-vocational skills..

Residential Services. Apartment living services are provided to adults recovering from mental illness and relocating from psychiatric facilities to community living. Intermittent support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.;.

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