Spectrum Industries

Programs: We support adults with disabilities, mental illness, and other barriers to gain independence in work and life. Our focus is independence and community integration. We support clients build skills and natural supports so that they can succeed independently in their work and daily lives. We train people to gain work and life skills. In our training area, we teach basic soft skills and job readiness skills and help clients with the social skills needed to thrive in the workplace. In our employment program, we help people seek competitive employment within the community. Continued on schedule oanyone with a disability can request our services. We currently serve 110 clients from 5 counties. Our clients range in age from 16 to 75. Most of our clients (90 percent) live in their own homes. Ten percent live in residential care facilities. Employmentwe assist people through every step of job development to competitive employment. Currently supporting 32 individuals in our program. We also provide community work site assessments and job shadowing, which allow clients to observe or try out a job to make sure it's the right fit. Once a client is on the job, we provide job support to the person as needed until they have reached independence. This might involve anything from being present at the job site, to being available to debrief at the end of the workday. We provide support during day, evening and weekend hours. In our last fiscal year, we placed nine individuals with disabilities in to employment in the community. Our employment specialists provided over 275 hours of support each month to individuals working in the community. Trainingwe offer on-the-job training in areas ranging from retail to manufacturing. As clients train, we support them to learn soft skills such as how to communicate effectively with coworkers. We also fulfill subcontracts from businesses like gemini inc. And rockwell collins. With this training, clients gain experience assembling, sorting, collating, and stocking parts - all valuable skills to offer a prospective employer. We also offer clients the opportunity to join a team, or "enclave," that works alongside employees at an area business. These enclaves work in several capacities, such as providing quality assurance, hand assembly, and/or packing for a local manufacturer and custodial services for a bank and college. We provide support for both the client and the employer during the employment hiring process. Then, our job coaches accompany the employee during training and while on the job, to help ensure the work meets the employer's expectations. We also help individuals build natural supports in the workplace so that they can succeed when they no longer need our support. Pre-vocational skills trainingsuccessful employment involves more than completing tasks. It also depends soft skills such keeping good attendance, socializing, tone of voice, staying focused on a task, and respecting personal boundaries. These skills don't come naturally to everyone. We carefully coach clients while they train, so that they can work independently down the road. Community life servicesday activitiesin our adult day services program, clients join in structured activities such as gardening, geography, meal planning and preparation, wellness programs, arts and crafts, playing games, and cooking and excursions to events and activities within the community. This program offers opportunities for making friends and exploring new interests along with community integration daily living skills. In our supported community living (scl) program, we help individuals gain skills, confidence and connection to community. We offer support in areas ranging from planning meals, to calling the doctor, to finding a place to live, grocery and clothes shopping, budgeting, balance checkbook, social integration, dining at restaurants, etc. We tailor our services to each individual's strengths and needs. Our highly trained staff members focus on helping clients learn to do things for themselves and achieve independence. Sometimes people need extra support with day-to-day tasks, like ordering in a restaurant, balancing a checkbook, or washing the dishes. We teach daily living skills like these through our supported community living (scl) program.