Do you need help finding a job and succeeding at work? JVS’s Transitions to Work program can help you launch your career through skills training, employer-based internships, job placement services, and ongoing support. Classes are held at worksites throughout Greater Boston, which are all accessible by public transportation and are taught by JVS instructors. This extensive training and internship program enables adults with disabilities to develop the skills needed for jobs that provide earnings and a sense of purpose.
Seven training sessions are offered annually at employer training partner sites.
Details
Learn job skills, get workplace readiness training, and job placement services including interview preparation and resume building
Eligibility for employer-based internships
Career exploration and self-advocacy skills
To apply, click the “Apply Now” button. Then, download the application, and submit the completed application to Micah Fleisig.
To qualify for the Transitions to Work program, you must be:Â
Employer-based Internship Opportunities
When you participate in the Transitions to Work program you’ll gain access to employer-based internship opportunities
Access to Financial Assistance
Transitions to Work participants can take advantage of opportunities to apply for financial assistance to help with their job search.
Ongoing Career Assistance & Support
Continue to be supported after your participation in the Transitions to Work program with ongoing job placement assistance and career development services at JVS Boston.
In 2011, JVS launched our Transitions to Work program (TTW) to address the employment opportunity gap facing young adults with disabilities who seek mainstream employment. The ultimate goal of the Transitions to Work program is to help young people with disabilities gain the skills they need to compete for high-demand job openings, on equal terms with peers without disabilities, while building their overall job readiness through job training and internships.
TTW reverses the traditional approach to disability employment services by starting with the employer. JVS works with employers to analyze targeted jobs and identify the skills needed to succeed in those jobs. Our staff then design training programs, which are held at employer sites to give participants necessary job-specific skills. Training sites may include CVS, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Whole Foods, and NewBridge On the Charles.Â
Program participants take part in a supported internship where employer partners provide mentoring and training with ongoing job coaching services from JVS staff. After program completion, staff work with graduates to secure paid employment and support graduates and employers to ensure job retention.
Transitions to Work is a collaboration between the CJP, JVS Boston, and the Ruderman Family Foundation.
One of the greatest benefits of the Transitions to Work program is its proven ability to positively impact workplace culture. An independent evaluation conducted by the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) found that employees of Transition to Work employer partners reported positive attitudes toward hiring people with disabilities, as well as a heightened sense of purpose and accomplishment, closer relationships, and increased collaboration, changes in training practice and more positive attitudes towards work.Â
The culture change experienced by these partner employers led almost everyone interviewed to believe that involvement in the Transitions to Work program had broadly affected and improved their jobs and places of work.
When you participate in the Transitions to Work program you’ll gain access to employer-based internship opportunities.
Transitions to Work participants can take advantage of opportunities to apply for financial assistance to help with their job search.
Continue to be supported after your participation in the Transitions to Work program with ongoing job placement assistance and career development services at JVS Boston.
JVS Boston is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that provides a wide range of adult education, vocational training, job readiness, career counseling, and job placement services, as well as related supportive services
