Vocational:
Northwest
Enterprises is a vocational
division of VNU. It provides a supportive environment in which to teach
vocational skills and offers a variety of contract work and functional
training opportunities to assist the individual in achieving maximum
employment. A variety of hand assembly work, packaging, beverage
container sorting, and pallet construction are offered within the
facility. Community employment options include custodial work, food
service, grocery, factory, and classroom aid work.
Community Employment services are
available
through VNU in the Sheldon area, as well as through VNU's Employment
Options, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota:
Community Work Site Assessment
assists the individual in determining vocational options, direction,
goals and training strategies.
Job Development
assists the individual in securing a job in the community that is
consistent with his/her interests, preferences, and aptitudes.
Job Coaching assists
an individual in learning the job-specific skills, work habits and
behaviors necessary to be employed on the job in the community.
Job Follow-Up
monitors the individual's performance on the job when job coaching has
been completed.
Futures Unlimited provides
distinctive work
services for the individual who has sustained a brain injury or has a
developmental disability. These services are provided to help the
individual maximize his/her potential for employment. Based on the
individual's interests, skills, and work behaviors, he or she will have
an opportunity to explore various types of work. As skills are acquired
and refined, the individual advances within a continuum of work
services directed towards community employment.
HCBS/Pre-Vocational Services are
aimed at
preparing an individual for paid employment. This service teaches the
individual basic work concepts and job readiness skills such as
following directions, attending to tasks, task completion, problem
solving, and safety and mobility training.
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