The
Centerpoint Vocational Program/Centerpoint Workshop is a day
training program for adult clients, in addition to being a mail
assembly business. Clients served by our program reside within
residential facilities of the Center as well as in neighboring
community facilities, or with their families. The ultimate goal
of our program is to assist our clients in acquiring skills
which will lead to competitive employment. The services
provided by our program include training in the following areas:
mail assembly (for work in the workshop), job readiness, job
seeking skills, interviewing skills, personal counseling, and
vocational counseling. Two levels of programming are offered
within our department: sheltered employment and supported
employment.
The goal of the sheltered
employment level is long-term sheltered workshop or supported
employment placement. This program is designed for clients whose
functional level requires a high degree of supervision. Job
skill training is provided to develop and enhance each client’s
ability to perform production work projects. Wages are paid to
clients on a piece-rate basis. In addition, special emphasis is
placed on the development of appropriate work attitudes and
behaviors that are desired for advancement into the competitive
work world. For the mail assembly business aspect of our
workshop, we serve a variety of customers with mail service
needs.