Employment adds meaning to our lives, giving us a feeling of self-worth, providing income for necessities and wants, as well as offering a social connection and a sense of independence. But being independent doesn’t have to mean going it alone. Our Supported Community Employment Services helps find employment matching a person’s skills and interest and supports the person through the resume, application and interview process. Once a job is secured, we help clients succeed. 

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Exceptional Opportunities builds the necessary supports to help the person effectively maintain their community employment. These supports may include a written checklist of duties, pictorial checklist, arranging transportation, on-the-job training and a job coach who can help the person learn the routine, improve the skills needed to perform the job, facilitate coworker relationships, address work attitudes and behavior, manage changes in duties or supervisors and more. 

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Sometimes jobs are customized, so a person completes only the duties best matched to their skills. The goal of community employment is to one day be able to perform the job with natural supports from the employer and only periodic supports from a paid job coach.