Project SEARCH / Employment-Based Transition Training

Project SEARCH/Employment-Based Transition Training

Project SEARCH/Employment-Based Transition Training supports and prepares young adults for successful community employment. Over nine months, program participants will develop important work skills within a community business. Young adults will learn through classroom instruction, career exploration, and hands-on internships. Project SEARCH supports and prepares these young adults for successful community employment.

What does the program look like?

Each student participates in three 10-week job rotations before graduating from the program. Interns learn about workplace culture by integrating into their interships to build on-the-job relationships with representatives of the company. Throughout the program, interns will work with site instructors and Easterseals staff to create their career plans and resumes and learn employment-based social and job skills.  Together, this team will support the intern by:

• Assisting them with creating their career plans and resumes
• Teaching them workplace and soft skills

Students are eligible to participate when:

• All high school credits are completed
• Four years of high school are completed and the student is returning for a fifth year
• They have a desire to work within the community
• Pre-assessment for program has been completed

St. Louis Partners

Project SEARCH/Employment-Based Transition Training services up to 12 St. Louis City residents concurrently at the VA Health Card System of St. Louis, John Cochran Division. The local agencies currently committed to this community partnership include:

• St. Louis Office of Developmental Disability Resources
• Easterseals Midwest
• St. Louis Public Schools
• Veterans Administration Health Care System of St. Louis
• Vocational Rehabilitation