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Employment services

At Vista, we believe everyone is employable.

Vista’s Employment Services program helps individuals on the autism spectrum or with comparable symptomology find and sustain meaningful, competitive employment. Participants receive individualized support from a multidisciplinary team, including ACRE-certified staff, to build job-specific skills, strengthen workplace connections, and develop greater independence as supports are gradually faded when appropriate. We also partner closely with employers to identify successful job matches that benefit both the employee and the workplace, providing support throughout the job search and ongoing employment experience.

Career Assessment Services

A program participant's career journey begins with our personalized employment assessment. We'll learn about an individual's interests, needs, skills and strengths by conducting informational interviews and facilitating trial work experiences. Then we compile an employment profile with recommendations for competitive employment.

Employment profile recommendations include:

Job finding and development services

This phase of the employment journey results in a customized, competitive employment opportunity that is mutually beneficial to both the individual and business. The following services take place leading up to the successful completion of on-boarding requirements and first day of employment.

  • Development of skills that best market the individual to hiring managers
  • Collaboration with employers to create job descriptions that meet business needs
  • Facilitation of working interviews allowing the individual to showcase their talents
  • Modification of on-boarding processes and workplace environment accommodations

Job Coaching and Support Services

Once an individual has secured a job, we provide on-site job coaching services to establish the employment relationship and strengthen the individual's skills toward autonomy.

Coaching services may include:

Participants in Vista’s Employment Services program also have the opportunity to take part in cooperative education opportunities with local school districts combining classroom-based learning with practical work experience.

OVR Supported Employment & Work Experience for Adults

As an approved community provider for the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), Vista provides the following services to individuals:

Non-Performance Based Supported Employment (NPBSE)

Participants receive supports from a qualified specialist to maintain employment or learn the skills necessary to reduce risk of losing an existing competitively integrated job.

Service types include:

Job Mentoring
Job Retention
Intermittent Supported Employment

Performance Based Supported Employment (PBSE)

Participants receive an intensive method of providing vocational rehabilitation to individuals who require support prior to employment, during initial employment, and after the provision of OVR services to maintain employment.

Service types include:

Job Development
Job Placement
Job Maintenance
Job Stabilization
Case Closure
Extended Services

Work Experience for Adults (WEXA)

Participants receive compensated work geared to the individual’s initial interests and preferences up to 40 hours per week and 12 weeks providing individuals with valuable work experience positioning them for permanent competitively integrated employment opportunities.

Benefits for Employers

Our career development services benefit not just job seekers and employees but employers as well. We support businesses in a variety of ways, including identifying ways to:

  • Save money
  • Increase employee satisfaction
  • Reduce overtime
  • Improve efficiencies
  • Enhance the overall quality of the company through inclusive hiring practices

Any organization open to creating a more inclusive and diverse work environment could be a great fit to work with Vista’s Employment Services program.

 

Visit our community partners page to learn more about collaboration opportunities with Vista.

Service area

Vista’s Employment Services program serves individuals seeking competitive employment throughout South Central Pennsylvania, predominantly in Dauphin, Cumberland, and Lebanon counties. We have recently expaned our services into portions of York and Lancaster Counties.

We are now accepting referrals with no waiting list.