The Friends of Cyrus prevocational program provides key learning experiences designed to prepare our individuals for paid employment and volunteer work opportunities. We focus on the individuality of each participant, assessing personal interests, level of preparedness, and overall strengths. While formal prevocational training takes place in the community, our passionate staff also convey general workplace knowledge in our day habilitation program.
-Ability to follow directions
-Ability to communicate with supervisors, coworkers and customers
-Computer training
-Ability to attend to tasks
-Workplace problem solving skills and strategies
-General workplace safety and mobility training
FOC engages in a person-centered planning process, and outlines goals and in each individual’s Person Centered Planning Tool (PCPT). We include participation in Prevocational Training in each individual’s ISP (Individual Service Plan), and provide strategies to assist our participants in reaching their goals.
Volunteer opportunities:
Catholic Charites
Compassionate Care
Habitat for Humanity
Local Park Cleaning
Programs within Pre-Vocational Hours:
Learning to type
Cleaning for the Delanco building
Cleaning of the office building (kitchen and training room)
Recycling program for all homes
Simple data entry
Emailing
Staff Ratio: TBA
Hours: TBA
Prevocational Homebase: 175 Tuckerton Rd. Medford, NJ.
Interested in learning more about our prevocational training options?
Contact:
Jessica Mulhern – Executive Vice President
jessica@friendsofcyrus.com