Supported Employment, funded by the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, is a program designed to help obtain jobs for developmentally disabled adults and individuals with mental illness and provide job training for someone with a disability. Your HOMECARE Management Supervisor and your Job Coach, experienced professionals, work with you and your family to help you find a job you like, learn the job, and be successful at the job. We provide vocational rehabilitation and training in Lenoir, Boone, Whiteville, and Wilmington, NC.

After HOMECARE receives a referral from Vocational Rehabilitation, the first step is for you to meet with the HOMECARE supervisor and your Job Coach to discuss your interests and abilities. The coach may also give you an opportunity to practice a specific job. This will help you decide if you would like a similar job, if you can do the job, and what things you may need to learn in order to do the job. After this, your Job Coach will:

• Help to find a job you will like and where you will be successful.
• Help you fill out applications and interview with potential employers.
• Learn exactly what you are supposed to do on the job so that he can help you learn it.
• Go to work with you when you are first hired and help you learn to do the job.
• Go to work with you less often as you learn to do the job independently
• Stay in contact to support and encourage you even after you are working successfully by yourself.

Individuals who need more long term support and who have Developmental Disabilities may be able to receive this additional support from the CAP/MR-DD program after they have obtained a job through VR Supported Employment. In addition to helping find jobs for developmentally disabled adults and providing job training for someone with a disability, HOMECARE Management can work with you to transition smoothly from one program to the other, using the same people to provide your support. Contact HOMECARE Management for more information about specific vocational rehabilitation and training in Lenoir, Boone, Whiteville, and Wilmington, NC.