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.
DCMO BOCES will be conducting a Certified Nurse's Aide Program at the R.W.Harrold Campus in Sidney Center.
Training Description:
DCMO BOCES will be conducting a Certified Phlebotomy Technician Program at the Chenango Campus in Norwich.
Phlebotomy technicians are important members of the clinical laboratory team. New diagnostic techniques, clinical laboratory technology and automated instruments have greatly increased the volume of- and demand for- medical laboratory testing performed by phlebotomy technicians. Phlebotomy technician graduates can work in hospitals, physicians' offices or in independent labs.
Community Habilitation:
To provide education, instruction and supports to enable individual to achieve personal goals. Staff will help individual learn independent living and community orientation skills, including but not limited to meal prep, shopping, safety skills, physical fitness and accompany individual on community outings. Travel required and staff will receive mileage reimbursement, starting point in Greene.
The Chenango County BEAM Program has found its home away from home! As of October 26, 2016, Heather Schaap will be available to meet Perspective and Current BEAM students on the Norwich Campus of Morrisville State College. The new BEAM office is located downstairs in room 110 (in the Adjunct Faculty Suite).
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.
