Work Ready

Purpose: STEP’s Work Ready assists individuals through employment and training opportunities that lead to improved life styles and economic success.

Vision: To assist individuals in overcoming barriers to success and developing skills that will prepare them for economic success through employment.

Program Overview – As part of STEP’S Workforce Development Pathway, Work Ready Employment and Training Program offers successful employment and personal skills development classes to those individuals who desire to improve their ability to “earn, keep and grow” a steady family-supporting income.

The focus of program services is to provide important employment tools and skill development to potential employees, and to prepare them to be successfully matched with potential employers.  The services include, but are not limited to: Information and Referral; Skill and Behavior Assessment; Job Search/Job Readiness Skills Training; Employability Counseling; Case Management; Support Groups; Job Placement; Job Coaching/Job Retention Skills; Life Skills; Adult Basic Education and GED instruction; and, links to other services that assist eligible individuals in eliminating barriers to employment so they can retain employment and develop the capacity to earn a life sustaining income.

Benchmarks of Success

• Individuals transition to a steady income job that will support the family.
• Individual will grow personally and develop a higher level of skills, increasing their ability to find employment.
• Individuals overcome life barriers that hinder their ability to search for, find, be hired and maintain life-sustaining employment.
• Individuals learn behaviors to maintain life-sustaining employment and economic success.
• Individuals manage their resources in order to maintain a self-sufficient lifestyle.