CDO Workforce coordinates and focuses employment, training and education development resources across three counties, providing service to employed people, unemployed people and employers alike. Our goal is to improve the long-term growth and development of the work force.
The America Saves Week campaign is happening February 25th through March 2nd to help Americans understand why it is critical for their financial success to make savings a priority. To support this effort, CDO Workforce is highlighting one way people with disabilities can invest for their current or future financial needs is through ABLE accounts, which are tax-advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities and their families.
To learn more, visit the ABLE National Resource Center:
http://www.ablenrc.org/
You can learn about ABLE tax advantaged savings accounts for individuals with disabilities and their families by watching this 5 minute video.
Where: FOXCARE Center, 1 Foxcare Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820
When: Saturday 2/23/19 11am-2pm
PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES
• Bassett Healthcare
• Family Planning of South Central NY
• UHS Hospitals
• The ARC of Delaware County
• The ARC of Otsego County
• US Care Systems
• AO Fox Hospital
• Pathfinder Village
• Chestnut Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility
• Hampshire House
• NYS Veteran’s Home (Oxford)
• Mobile Life Transport
• Springbrook
• Catholic Charities
• United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties
• Chase Memorial Nursing Home and Rehab
• Achieve
• Hampshire House Assisted Living
• SUNY Delhi
• Cancer Services Program of the Central Region
• The Daily Star
• NYS Dept of Health
• Otsego County
• Delhi Rehab and Nursing Home
Will update as more businesses participate.
To view/download the flyer, click here.
For more information, please call Debbie Bender, 607-432-4800, ext. 101
When: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Where: CDO Workforce, 1 O’Hara Dr., Norwich
Bring a resume and be prepared to complete an application.
The interview sign-up sheet has been placed at the Front Desk in the Norwich Office. Interviews will be scheduled during the time period of 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Walk-ins are welcome from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
If you are not located at the Norwich Office, please call the Front Desk at 334-2201, ext. 127 to sign-up for an interview.
For more information about open positions or to download the flyer, click here.
To see current openings and anticipated upcoming openings, click here.
When: Thursday, March 7th from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: 105 Campus Drive, Oneonta, NY
Stop in any time between 1pm and 5pm to learn about a meaninful career at Springbrook. Enjoy free food and refreshments, meet students and residents, meet managers and employees, and interview at the event. Applicants are eligible to win a raffle prize!
To see open positions or to download the flyer, click here.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) will share job announcements on USAJOBS.gov soon. Act now so you will be ready!
WHAT POSITIONS AND WHERE ARE THEY?
Our goal is to help job seekers not just find a job, but develop and manage a career. That means helping them when they have a job and when they are looking. We also strive to help employers find the workers they need quickly and the resources to improve training, workforce retention and workforce restructuring.
A DRC is a Disability Resource Coordinator, someone who helps individuals with disabilities find employment.
High School Equivalency (HSE/GED) A high school equivalency or GED/HSE is a recognized alternative to a high school diploma.
Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students and job seekers with real-life work experience that compliments their academic studies. Typically they include job shadowing, mentoring, internships, and apprenticeships.
A Team Helper is anyone who is the lead support person to the job seeker with disabilities along their career journey. It can be a family member, friend, employment counselor, Disability Resource Coordinator (DRC), or case manager.
A stop-gap job is temporary employment until something better or more permanent can be obtained.
Basic needs refers to the goods and services necessary for a minimum standard of living. This includes access to food, safe shelter, clothing, and sanitation. Reliable transportation and education can also be considered a basic need.
A safe space is intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.
Competitive integrated employment (CIE) is work performed by a person with an impairment or health-related disability (health impairment) within an integrated setting. Wages are at least minimum wage or higher and at a rate comparable to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks.
For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education.
