Garten supports people with disabilities in Oregon's Central Willamette Valley to contribute to the community through employment and retirement opportunities.
Services
Community Job Placement Services
People with disabilities constitute an amazing pool of vocational talent that is often overlooked.
Garten works closely with vocational rehabilitation services, county offices for developmental disabilities, and area brokerages to provide employment supports to individuals with diabilities referred by these organizations. Garten staff specialize in carefully matching individuals with special abilities to community jobs in which they will succeed.
In the process, everyone “wins”.
Employers discover employees with skills, talents and abilities that have often formerly been untapped.
After referral by a rehab counselor, service coordinator or personal agent, Garten staff carefully assess and provide training for those individuals.
Garten focuses on serving people with disabilities while also serving our community, as we all live and work together. We strive to offer people with disabilities the opportunity for personal growth and meaningful life experience through vocational and retirement opportunities and day activities.
TYPICAL COMMUNITY JOB ACTIVITIES:
Office work:
• Mail opening & sorting
• Date stamping
• Preparing mailings
• Collating, stuffing
• Assembling materials
• Photocopying & faxing
• Document shredding
• Document scanning
• Alphabetizing
• Indexing
• Data entry
• Filing
• Training room maintenance
• Break room cleanup
Retail / hospitality:
• Product processing
• Dressing room attending
• Greeting
• Cart attending
• Unloading trucks
• Grounds keeping
• Trash removal
• Dishwashing
• Table bussing
• Hostessing
• Room cleaning
• Laundry
Manufacturing / distribution:
• Assembly
• Packaging
• Disassembly
• Sub-assembly
• Box-making
• Picking & packing
• Heat sealing
• Labeling
• Carton sealing
• Metering
• Paper sorting
• Cardboard compacting
• Recycling and refurbishing
For more information contact:
Carol Beasley
Program Services Manager
(503) 316-3950
(Garten South Salem)
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