Side by Side Brain Injury ClubhouseEmployment Services
At Side by Side, Vocational Services are individualized and directed by each person’s goals and desires.
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At Side by Side, Vocational Services are individualized and directed by each person's goals and desires. Working after a brain injury can be a complex undertaking. Our professional staff will help you navigate the journey of rediscovering your unique and valuable contribution in the world.
People can access our employment services as part of our day program, a stand-alone service or a combination of the two.
Work-ordered day participation with real-time peer and professional feedback provides natural support and scaffolding to practice work-based tasks in three different work units.
Person-centered plans encourage you to claim experiences of success and failure that build insight and strategies to compensate for cognitive, communication, and physical challenges.
Group volunteer and social activities in the community offer opportunities to generalize and expand work-related abilities and gain new levels of confidence and self-sufficiency.
Individualized vocational counseling is built into the day program to explore employment interests and options.
As members progress, vocational services shift toward supporting the member to begin employment networking, job search activities, managing life skills to maintain employment, and onsite/distance job coaching.
Questions
Who is employment services for?
People can access our employment services as part of our day program, a stand-alone service or a combination of the two.
How are vocational services directed?
At Side by Side, Vocational Services are individualized and directed by each person's goals and desires.
Clubhouse Work-Ordered Day ProgramPsychosocial and Vocational Rehabilitation - Side by Side’sprogram participants, called members, work alongside staff to operate the Clubhouse while building social, thinking and work skills necessary to regain self-sufficiency.Life Skills Training and CoachingAfter a brain injury, many people need extra help with life’s daily responsibilities to stay safe and healthy while living alone or without continual assistance at home.Family SupportThe family support program offers individual, group and peer-to-peer resources and support to strengthen family relationships that have been strained and often broken after a tragic, life-changing injury of one family member.