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.
Sidney & Delhi CDO Workforce offices recently received the Program Year 2017 Veteran's Program Office Incentive Award.
"From July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, your office demonstrated priority of services to veterans by
CONGRATULATIONS, SIDNEY & DELHI CDO STAFF MEMBERS!
CDO Workforce staff wishes you a very happy holiday season - And all the best for 2019!
When: Wednesday, December 19, 2018
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Where: Village of Cooperstown Bldg
22 Main St., Cooperstown, NY
Bring a resume and be prepared to complete an application
Walk-ins are welcome
Open Positions:
Gas Station Attendants and Cashiers in Cooperstown
1st shift, 2nd shift
Call CDO Workforce at 607-432-4800 x 100 for more information regarding the specific position requirements.
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Many people with disabilities wait years before they are determined to be eligible for benefits. These free OMH workshops will show you the benefits and advantages by participating in Social Security entitlement programs.
These workshops will also teach you about:
• Request a waiver for an overpayment.
• Avoid spend-downs.
• Use Social Security work incentives to help maintain SSI and SSDI eligibility as you explore returning to work.
• Ease off cash benefits and into self-sufficiency.
• Work full-time and maintain low cost (or even no-cost) health insurance.
• Get expedited reinstatement of benefits.
PASS plans,1619b, Medicaid Buy-In for Working people with a disability and some of the other underused mechanisms that will be covered. These workshops are for people with any type of disability, however, the main focus will be for people with mental health disabilities.
When: January 4, 2019, from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm
• Workshop 1 – PASS Plans,
• Workshop 2 – Medicaid Buy-in and 1619(b),
• Workshop 3 – Social Security Forms and Resources,
Host site: CDO Workforce, 12 Dietz St., Oneonta, NY
Presented by the Office of Mental Health and CDO Workforce.
To register for one and/or all the workshops listed, please contact:
Kate Hewlett ~ Peer Engagement Specialist
Otsego County Community Services
242 Main Street ~ Oneonta, NY 13820
Phone (607) 433-2343/ Fax (607) 433-6229
To view/download the flyer, click here.
Oneonta Job Corps is now accepting applications for Overhead Line, Underground Residential Distribution, & Smart Meter & Instrumentation Advanced Training Winter Cohort ‘19.
Questions? Contact Program Coordinator:
Davelyn Whyte-Jhonson 607-431-1426
Oneonta Job Corps Academy
21 Homer Folks Ave.
Oneonta NY 13820
https://oneonta.jobcorps.gov
Deadline for Applications extended to Friday, November 30th, 2018.
To download the application, click here.
To download the Wellness Checklist, click here.
To view the schedule and/or to download the flyer, click here.
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.
