Hattie Larlham helps job seekers with disabilities begin their journey to employment through tailored programs and partnerships with local employers.
Everyone should have the opportunity to experience the satisfaction of a day's work. Work has value beyond a paycheck. A day's work lends a sense of accomplishment, self confidence and pride in a job well done.
But for some people, the glory of a simple workday routine feels too far out of reach. For the people who dream of work and the independence it brings, Hattie Larlham is here to help.
For more than 60 years, we’ve changed the disability healthcare field. Now, with your support and the support of Central and Northeast Ohio businesses, we’re making Ohio's workforce more inclusive.
Hattie Larlham uses an individualized approach to help adults with disabilities begin their journey to employment and achieve their goals.
Everyone's journey to employment is different, but our end goal for you remains the same: to find and maintain a job you love in the community. We meet you where you are and develop an individualized plan designed to help you build skills needed to compete for community employment. Our team will provide you with opportunities to explore different types of employment and job types and match you to the position that’s right for you.
Your experience may include some or all of the following phases:
Based on a job seeker's interests and strengths, we identify and make arrangements with local businesses for job trials.
A paid job trial is used to identify a person’s work strengths and weaknesses or work on an identified area of weakness to prepare for competitive employment.
This training helps job seekers build interview skills, develop a resume and learn how to look for a job.
We offer one-on-one support to find, apply to and interview for a job within the community.
Job coaches provide temporary, one-on-one, on-the-job support to assist someone as they learn job tasks and work behaviors.
Retention services help stabilize and maintain competitive employment. Services can be provided on a short-term or long-term basis.
Explore the local job market by touring worksites and completing informational interviews with various businesses of interest.
A team-based process that identifies interests, strengths, accommodations and supports to determine a person’s path to employment. The person will end the program with a detailed discovery profile which will assist the person as they seek competitive employment.
In partnership with Summa Health, Hattie Larlham’s STEP program provides people with disabilities valuable opportunities to learn transferrable job skills through job try-outs and on-the-job coaching to support them on their individual path to competitive employment. Through this innovative program, job trainees gain an in-depth understanding of the opportunities available to them in the healthcare field and receive guided support in identifying the jobs they’re best suited for.
If you’re interested in a manufacturing job in Northeast Ohio and want to work in a team, integrated lines would be a good place to begin your employment journey. A job coach is available on-site, works alongside the team and will help you learn the job and answer any questions you may have about your tasks.
Many people who began their journey working for integrated lines have advanced to different areas of the company and joined the organization as a full-time, permanent employee. We've got exciting opportunities!
Hattie Larlham is currently recruiting for several trainee openings at two of our Northeast Ohio integrated lines. Use the buttons below to learn more about the work sites and connect with us for additional details.
GOJO Industries Work Training- Cuyahoga Falls
Where you begin you journey depends on you and your needs. No matter where your journey begins, our end goal is the same: we’re going to show employers you are able and ready to work.
Find out how partnering with Hattie Larlham can help make your workplace more inclusive, successful, and connected within the community.
Hattie Larlham encourages employers throughout Northeast and Central Ohio to contact us and learn more about how to make your workforce more inclusive. We partner with businesses and organizations to provide community-based assessments, contract services, discovery opportunities and on-the-job training. If you’re interested in learning more about the partnership opportunities listed below, or how your company can get involved, let’s talk.
This is a short-term opportunity for a job seeker with disabilities to explore a job they are interested in learning. The participant will be accompanied by a member of our team who will complete the assessment in the form of a 40-hour “test drive” to see if the opportunity is a good fit for the employee and your company.
Our staffing services, also known as integrated lines, are a great option if you’re seeking a hard-working team who is ready and able to meet your manufacturing needs and goals. Integrated lines are not only beneficial to our employees, but also to business owners, as contracted work training sites result in cost-savings for your company.
Your company can be part of someone’s journey to employment from the very beginning. This experience is a one –time job trial for a 1-2 hours that matches the participant’s interest. In this phase, participants are accompanied by a member of our team to engage in a job tryout where they partake in specific job tasks and settings identified throughout the discovery process. If your business is interested in being part of someone’s employment journey, give us a call at 234-706-3708.
Hattie Larlham can assist you in reaching an untapped market of employees who are ready and ABLE to join your team. Whether you have a position that’s hard to fill, are interested in making your workforce more inclusive, or both, becoming an employer for people with disabilities will result in great benefits to you and your company. Contact us to learn more.
The following companies have played an important role in Hattie Larlham's community employment initiative. We thank them for supporting work opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Hattie Larlham can assist you in reaching an untapped market of employees who are ready and ABLE to join your team. Whether you have a position that’s hard to fill, are interested in making your workforce more inclusive, or both, becoming an employer for people with disabilities will result in great benefits to you and your company. Contact us to learn how we can match you to a candidate that’s determined, ready and ABLE to work.
Hattie Larlham helps young adults and transition-age youth explore and prepare to join the local workforce through a variety of tailored programs.
Hattie Larlham proudly offers career exploration and learning experiences for transition-aged people with disabilities in Central and Northeast Ohio.
Programs vary slightly by region, and everyone's journey to employment looks a little different. But as a young adult job-seeker, you might benefit from experiences like:
Four week paid work experience and one week instructor-led employment education experience.
A three-week glimpse into the world of work, through classroom and hands on learning. Includes visiting and trying out work opportunities at local businesses, based on interests of high school students.
High school students from around Franklin County work with their Discovery Specialist to complete the Discovery Process in addition to four weeks of exploring local businesses, networking, and practicing vocational skills in the community.
Assistance for high students in finding, applying, interviewing and starting afterschool and weekend employment while still enrolled in high school.
Students can chose to participate in one or all of the following educational opportunities.
