Improve the capacity of the local community to provide support to individuals with ID/DD and complex behavioral health needs. As you begin your journey into the IPS program, you are taking an important step toward working independently and finding employment that fits your interests, abilities and preferences.RHA Health Services opens doors to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are eager to join the workforce. Through state-funded vocational rehabilitation programs, our goal is to help people find jobs in their community, to assist in maintaining employment, and to help develop and advance career choices for long term employment.
Work plays a central role in recovery, so our goal is to help people gain and retain employment. The students work on employability skills in the classroom for the first hour and last half hour of the day. The RHA strategy for providing Learning & Leadership Development opportunities for all employees includes the following: Mandatory training for employees providing direct support that commences immediately after hiring and must be completed within the first six months of employment Training programs to achieve organizational goals We are committed to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities while providing opportunities for businesses to hire a diverse well-trained, and committed workforce in North Carolina. Based on a plan created with their Vocational Rehabilitation counselors, we assist with career exploration, job sampling, informational interviews, and job searching. Call 1-800-848-0180 In Crisis? During the job search process, RHA assists with interviewing skills, building a resume, assisting with applications and communicating with potential employers. this computer system is the property of rha. As you begin your journey in the Vocational Rehabilitation program, you are taking an important step toward working independently and finding employment that fits your interests, abilities and preferences, while promoting personal growth and self-respect.Project SEARCH is a combined education and internship program for students with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, who have completed their high school or community college academic requirements, but who have not yet officially graduated. RHA Health Services opens doors to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are eager to join the workforce. *****important hipaa notice***** this network contains protected health information!! We assist in job shadowing and informational interviewing within companies to allow the student to see which job they would most enjoy and see how we can best support them. If the student already has work skills and is job ready, RHA assists with obtaining and maintaining employment.© 2020 RHA Health Services • 17 Church Street, Asheville, NC 28801 • We use a person-centered holistic approach and are trained in the best practices model. The majority of their day is spent at an internship for which they applied, interviewed and were selected.Magnolia Place provides vocational training and high quality 24-hour residential services and supports for adults with disabilities 18 years and older. Our goal is to obtain and maintain competitive employment and to provide the training and the skill sets needed for people to live and work as independently as possible.We offer an array of services through vocational rehabilitation, waiver, and state-funded employment services, high school transition programs, community-based programs, and supports people with mental illness and substance use issues.Assertive Community Treatment Team services use a team of mental health professionals to offer a full range of support services to people with serious behavioral health needs. ACTT promotes rehabilitation and independence by teaching people the coping skills needed to live and work in their own communities safely and productively, engaging them in normal daily routines and healthy social interactions.The purpose of these services is to help people age 16 and over maintain their employment when they no longer need more structured Supported Employment services. RHA Health Services is committed to maintaining a strong, dedicated workforce through innovative recruitment, comprehensive screening, and competitive benefits and compensation programs.