Community Employment Alternatives
Through Seguin's Community Employment Alternatives program, adults working independently in the community are supported through job coaching from Seguin staff. At the same time, staff facilitates relationships at the work site to develop support for workers with disabilities from their co-workers.
Seguin offers job development services, on-the-job training, basic work-skill development and skill maintenance. Seguin helps participants find and keep community-integrated jobs and become productive, contributing community members.
Once employed by a business, each individual is assigned a job coach. A job coach provides:
- On-the-job training to learn work tasks
- Support and consultation services to the employer to enable them to provide greater levels of support and supervision for each individual
- Accommodations or assistive technology needed for individuals to be successful on the job
- Mobility training to help the individual become more independent. (This could include training with the public transportation system or linking individuals with door-to-door services)
Seguin supports individuals in Chicago's western suburbs in a variety of jobs. Food service, industrial parts assembly, recreation and fitness centers, janitorial services, maintenance, retail, and health care are just a few of the categories. If you know someone who might be interested in hiring individuals supported by Seguin, please contact
Laura Gonzalez, Director of Community Employment at 708.222.4836 more information, contact Seguin Services today.
Seguin also has a participant that has started his own business -
Stan's Cell Phone Recycling. Click here
to learn more about this exciting start-up business.
Employers seeking reliable employees, please contact Seguin Services today.
