General Job Readiness
General Job Readiness and Placement. Goodwill helps those with limited or no work history to learn or prepare to return to the world of work. Work readiness, dress, communication skills, and career counseling services are provided
Classes:Monday through Thursday
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2 to 3 weeks
Held at 222 East Redwood Street
Requirements: In need of a job/interview skills. No criminal background.
Clerical and Computer Skills Training
Building Data Entry Skills
Individuals accepted in the Clerical and Computer Training program must meet the following requirements. Individuals must have their high school diploma or GED certificate and must be determined to achieve their life goals.
Curriculum:
- Introduction to the Computer
- Keyboarding Materials
- Training Materials & Computer Software Applications
- Corel WordPerfect
- MS Word
- MS Excel
Monday through Thursday
9:00 am – 12 noon OR 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
(For 6 – 8 Weeks)
Held at 222 East Redwood Street
Requirements: High School Diploma/GED; In GED program with testing within 30 days; must be interviewed by facilitators.
Custodial Skills Training
A rigorous program includes classroom, demonstration, and on-the-job training focused on preparing individuals for employment in the custodial field. The program is structured t accommodate the needs of individuals with physical, mental, emotional, social disabilities and other special needs. The program includes job readiness, basic literacy assessment and an action plan. The program utilizes one full time trainer and supervisors for the on-the-job component. The average length of the program is ten weeks, but can be adjusted to meet individual needs.
Requirements: Referral of the Maryland Division of Rehabilitative Services
GED Preparation
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc., in conjunction with Baltimore City Community College, offers General Equivalency Diploma (GED) preparation classes for clients who want to improve their basic skills or prepare for the GED.
The class offers individualized instruction in reading, math, and writing and students are taught the skills needed to pass the GED test. Students also are taught life skills such as maintaining checking and savings accounts and filling out job applications and timecards.
Enrollment is open year round and adult learners may take the class for as long as necessary to pass the GED exam or reach their academic goals
Prospective students are given a placement test and begin their studies at the level they are currently functioning at.
Contact: Baltimore City Community College, ask about their G.E.D. Program and ask to take the classes held at Goodwill. Call 410-462-8000.
Healthcare Training Program
GNA Readiness:
Provides participants with specialized training for entering the nursing industry. Training consists of a pre-screening process, which involves a criminal background check on all prospective applicants. It also involves a pre-screen interview with the job placement coordinator and GNA Readiness instructor.
GNA Certification:
GNA Certification is provided by one or more of Goodwill’s collaborative partners who are healthcare facilities. On-site classroom training is provided. The program is conducted by a Maryland State Certified and Licensed Instructor for the GNA course.
Training:
Conducted at Goodwill’s headquarters and at participating healthcare facilities. The GNA program is partnership oriented with participants accepting responsibility for his/her performance. Includes a positive work environment, problem-solving assistance, access to resources and guidance tutoring.
Required Skills:
- Positive and mature attitude
- Prior demonstrated work history
- Volunteerism
- Desire to learn and grow as a healthcare professional
Monday – Thursday
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Requirements: High School Diploma/GED Certificate, 10th grade reading and math skills (tested), 18 years of age or older, drug-free, completely clean criminal background, positive attitude, must commit to 6 – 7 weeks of training, and must be able to work 40 hours a week.
Waverly Family Support Center
In a
n effort to increase family support and provide services to expectant mothers and parents with children birth to 3 years, Goodwill began operation of the Waverly Family Center in 1999. The Waverly Family Center offers stable support systems in which parents and children have a comfortable environment to learn and develop career and parenting skills. This includes child development services. The goal is interrupt the cycle of poverty among families, and link them to resources in the community to help them achieve self-sufficiency.
The Waverly Family Center provides community-based support, education, employment and family support services to strengthen families. The programs are voluntary and parents participate as partners in the working relationship. Since its inception the Center has served over 2,900 adults and 3,600 children, and works in collaboration with over 25 partners in the community.
Call 410.235.0555 for more information.
Bon Secours
Goodwill is currently working with Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation (BSMF) as part of their Working Families Initiative. The Working Families Initiative and the Operation ReachOut-Southwest (OROSW) Community Coalition, represent a new framework for helping residents of Southwest Baltimore achieve economic self-sufficiency and a decent quality of life.
Goodwill’s partnership with Bon Secours includes participation in Our Money Place Career Development Program a job placement, career and financial asset building program that helps adults overcome barriers to achieving self-sufficiency. The program is the result of a partnership that comprises 15 churches, 12 community-based and 10 nonprofit organizations, five businesses and Bon Secours Hospital, West Baltimore’s biggest employer. The other partner is the Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation, the hospital’s community development arm. The two groups joined in the mid-1990s to tackle a bleak set of problem.
STEP
Since 1986, STEP has been a pioneer in the formation of the supported employment movement for people with psychiatric disabilities who are also economically disadvantaged, placing them in competitive employment.
STEP joined Goodwill in 2005, as both organizations focus on placing those with special needs into employment. At STEP, experienced Rehabilitation and Employment Specialists assist clients in learning the tasks necessary for successful job performance. Upon employer and employee satisfaction, the support is gradually withdrawn and the client is absorbed into the regular world of work. STEP is noted also for its training participants to work as para-professionals in human services as well as for its computer skills training. Both training programs are certified by the Community College of Baltimore County. Additionally, the staff provides ongoing support to help program participants adjust to the workplace.
Through its Baltimore, Westminster, and Easton offices, STEP serves Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline, Kent, and Dorchester Counties. STEP annually works with approximately 300 clients, placing more than half of them in competitive employment. In 2006, STEP was re-licensed by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as a psychiatric rehabilitation program and as a provider of supported employment to adults with psychiatric disabilities. Services are also certified by the Division of Rehabilitation Services. STEP was awarded a one-year grant from the Abell Foundation to establish a Ticket to Work Program, enabling Social Security disability recipients to become financially self-sufficient through employment.
Through demand from other geographic jurisdictions around the State, STEP plans to open additional offices in Harford and Anne Arundel Counties while also expanding its services to Cecil County and the Lower Eastern Shore in 2007. It is expected to serve an additional 80-100 people with psychiatric disabilities through this expansion.
Call 410.625.1877 for more information
Lower Shore Career Center
Expanding Career Services to Disadvantaged on the Eastern Shore. For more than ten years, the Lower Shore Career Development Center has served residents in Salisbury, MD and Wicomico County. The Center provides Job Readiness skills training, Clerical & Computer Skills training, Job Placement assistance and career counseling to the Lower Eastern Shore by working with a variety of local agencies, such as the Department of Rehabilitations, Department of Social Services, Mental Health Department and One Stop Job Market in an effort to assist disadvantaged individuals with obtaining employment.
Our skills training program, which includes, Clerical & Computer training is a 12-week self-paced comprehensive program designed to prepare individuals for entry-level work in an office or clerical environment. In this program, students learn Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Word Perfect, Data Entry, Keyboarding and office skills. To upgrade our program Quick Books and Cashier/Customer Service training have been added as a al carte service to graduates. Upon completion of all trainings, students are publicly recognized in a graduation celebration and receive a certificate of completion along with a final grade report. Individuals who do not have a sponsoring agency may be eligible for a “Career Center Scholarship”.
Project ReConnect is a program that assist ex-offenders and offenders who are about to re-enter the workforce. The design of this program is to use all resources and career development services available. This is done either one-on-one or in a group workshop setting. His program also works with area correctional facilities such as Eastern Correctional Institute, Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit, and Wicomico County Detention center proving services to incarcerated inmates that are in pre-release status. Other partnerships are the Wicomico County Adult Drug Treatment Court, local office agencies and businesses.
Our efforts are to assist our customers in making the transition from unemployment to becoming successful contributing members of their communities.
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. ~ Lower Shore Career Development Center
700 S. Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury, MD 21801 ~ 410-219-9118 ~ www.goodwillches.org
