- Intake
- Vocational testing
- Vocational consultation
- Career exploration
- Community based assessment
- Job development
- Job seeking skills
- Job coaching
- Job retention
Disabled and looking for a job? A real job? One in a workplace that treats you with the respect you deserve? The pay that you earn for an honest day’s work?
We believe in you, and we can help you get there. At Youth Intensive Services, our full-inclusion Vocational Rehabilitation service assists men and women ages 16 and older who have physical and/or intellectual disabilities gain and maintain competitive, integrated employment.
At least minimum wage pay scale.
Even though you have a disability you’re doing the same jobs and tasks in the workplace as anyone else.
We’re an approved service provider for Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), the state agency responsible for providing services to Ohioans with disabilities to help them achieve quality employment, independence and Social Security determination outcomes.
Once approved by OOD, you choose a service provider to work with you one-on-one to land a job, and we encourage you to choose Youth Intensive Services.
In our program, we assign each client a job coach who individually works with you from start to finish.
We assess and develop soft skills and aim to get clients as job-ready as possible. And because Youth Intensive Services is linked to 25+ different employers in the Mahoning Valley, we’re highly successful with job placements in a variety of industries:
We continue following up with both client and supervisor for the first 90 days of sustained employment. Our goal and your goal are the same – let’s GET you employed and KEEP you employed. Our success is your success.
An integrated, team approach to incorporating Employment Services into the client’s existing Mental Health and/or Substance Use treatment. Intensive, on-going services and supports are provided by the Employment Specialist, as needed, to assist client with gaining and maintaining competitive, integrated employment. Individual must be an existing client of YIS who is receiving Mental Health and/or Substance Use treatment services, as well as, have a documented physical and/or intellectual disability to meet eligibility criteria.