Contact
Information:
Transitional Opportunities
Program
207-M South Westgate Drive
Greensboro, NC 27407
Phone: 336-272-5410
Email: top@arcg.org
Melissa Cox, TOP Director
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Transitional
Opportunities Program
To adults with developmental
disabilities, transition into integrated competitive employment can mean
facing a world of uncertain challenges. Finding a job and keeping it can
be frustrating and difficult.
The Transitional Opportunities Program (TOP) eases
the transition into a job by providing training through supported
employment (SE)
 What is SE?
SE is a method in which
developmentally disabled adults are assessed by professional staff to
determine their vocational skills and interests followed by job placement,
job coaching and follow up.
Job Placement
Job requirements are
carefully matched to the interests and abilities of the most appropriate
person who is then selected to apply for the position. TOP strives to meet
the needs of both the employer and the employee.
Job Coaching
To ensure job
success, the TOP offers job coaches who accompany the clients to the work
place and train the new employee, gradually fading their assistance as the
employee becomes increasingly independent. TOP also provides intervention
services by sending job coaches to assist individuals who have secured
employment independently but are in jeopardy of being terminated.,
Follow Up
Sometimes keeping a job
after the job coach fades can be the most difficult obstacle in the
employment process. For this reason, TOP remains involved to ensure
satisfaction for the employee and the employer by providing indefinite
periodic visits to the work site.
Employee Benefits
- Opportunity to reach
higher goals and a sense of fulfillment.
- Enhanced quality of
life, independence.
- Increased interaction
with the community.
- Assistance with Social
Security issues.
Employer Benefits
- On the job training and
indefinite follow-up provided free of charge.
- Pre-screened,
dependable, enthusiastic and qualified employees.
- Employees carefully
matched to job requirements.
- Assistance with
reasonable accommodation issues if necessary.
- Proven success rate
since 1989.
Examples of Successful Job
Placements
- food service
- child care
- clerical
- maintenance
- housekeeping
- landscaping
- data entry
- animal care
TOP Goal
To assure adults with
developmental disabilities that supported employment services will provide
them with more than just a job, but also the skills and support to ensure
their success as productive members of the community.
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