PROGRAM PURPOSE
To provide youth aging out of foster care with an opportunity to develop job seeking skills, acquire employment, develop an employment history, learn regular work habits, develop basic skills needed to succeed in the workplace, and retain employment.
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PROGRAM OPERATION
DHHR Region 1: Monongalia, Marion, Harrison, and Wood Counties.
DHHR Region 2: Jackson, Roane, Clay, Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Cabell, Lincoln, Boone, Wayne, Mingo, and Logan Counties.
DHHR Region 3: Preston, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Lewis, Upshur, Randolph, Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson Counties.
DHHR Region 4: Braxton, Webster, Pocahontas, Nicholas, Greenbrier, Fayette, Raleigh, Summers, Monroe, Wyoming, Mercer, and McDowell Counties.
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Recognizing that most individuals referred to the program have limited job-seeking skills and little, if any, exposure to the workplace, the program design is equipped to remediate these issues and provide the necessary support, assistance, and counseling needed to obtain and retain employment. Program services are provided through the following three components:
Component 1: Orientation/Assessment
Orientation is provided to the customer approximately two weeks prior to beginning Job Search instruction. Orientation provides program staff with an opportunity to assess the customer’s readiness to seek employment, explain program policies, procedures, and services, and complete required paperwork.
Component 2: Job Search
Job Search is a 120-hour combination of classroom and field activity designed to provide the customer with structured, self-directed job search. All phases of job seeking are introduced and practiced. Instructional topics include: skills/language development; career planning; traditional job hunting techniques; preparing applications, résumés, thank you letters, and cover letters; interviewing techniques; answering problem questions; and learning techniques for surviving and advancing on the job.
Component 3: Job Development, Placement, and Retention
Job Development, Placement, and Retention is an ongoing activity designed to assist customers who were unable to procure employment during the Job Search component, who have obtained employment and require retention, advancement, and follow-up services, and who require re-employment services. Staff also provide services for Job Development and Placement in subsidized and unsubsidized employment.
