Job Training and Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities offered at Peninsula Services
Job Training and Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities offered at Peninsula Services
Peninsula Services is a non-profit United Way funded agency that works to train and find employment for persons with disabilities. Most participants are referred to our services by other organizations such as DVR, DDD or DSHS and most recently DSB, and there are no fees charged to the individual. Offers an array of comprehensive rehabilitative and supportive programs that are based on the belief that persons with disabilities grow and develop as do all persons; that persons with disabilities can work and want to work; and they should be provided with support that accentuates the individual's talents, choice, respect and dignity in pursuing life options. Training opportunities include All Shred document destruction with mobile shredding truck that can pick up throughout the county, Grounds Maintenance at sites throughout Naval Base Kitsap, Shelf Stocking at on- base commissaries and at the agency-run Servmart Supply Stores in Bremerton and Oak Harbor, and training at other community sites as well.
Location
400 Warren Avenue, Bremerton, WA 98337
Hours
M-F, 9am-5pm
Application process
Call the Vocational Services or Admin offices to find out about our programs and for open positions in the agency.
Eligibility
For those with a diagnosed disability and funding support from agencies such as: Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDA), Division of Services for the Blind (DSB), Veterans Affairs (VA), and Department of Social Health Services (DSHS).
Fee
None for the participant.
Agency info
Peninsula Services
Peninsula Services is a non-profit United Way affiliated agency with the mission to provide job training and community employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Most participants are referred to our services by other organizations such as DVR, DDA or DSHS and most recently DSB, and there are no fees charged to the individual. Peninsula Services actively seeks to employ persons with disabilities, Veterans of Military Service and Wounded Warriors. Our Vocational Services Department provides comprehensive employment services dedicated to finding our clients individual jobs in the community. Our agency was created in 1971 with the belief that persons with disabilities can and want to work, and should be provided with the opportunities and support that accentuates the individual's talents, choice, respect and dignity in pursuing life options. Peninsula Services has contracts for Grounds Maintenance at sites throughout Naval Base Kitsap, Shelf Stocking at on-base Commissaries, owns and operates Servmart Supply Stores in Bremerton and Oak Harbor and a stand-alone business, All Shred document destruction. These help provide funding for our vocational programs and job opportunities for persons with disabilities and Veterans. Recently we have affiliated with the Arc of the Peninsulas to expand opportunities for integrated housing and employment for persons with disabilities.