Workforce Development
The Alpha Workforce Development Team provides supports to individuals who are interested in working competitively. We provide assistance with all aspects of this process from the early stages of understanding how to navigate employers’ websites and online applications to hands on Job Coaching at the worksite once a job offer is made. Alpha fosters independence and empowers individuals to meet their goals through a combination of soft skill development and direct skill training. If you or someone you know is ready to work, we are here to help.
Transition Programs
Through partnerships with local school districts and individualized planning, Alpha has created programming to support the already existing transitioning programs in the classroom. This includes soft skill development as well as on site Job Coaching within the community.
- Alpha currently partners with two Project Search programs – Grady Memorial Hospital and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
- This program allows high school students to participate in an additional year of training which centers exclusively around employment.
- Students take part in a variety of internships within Grady that cover everything from Patient Registration to Environmental Services.
- In addition to work skills, there is also a daily classroom session that prepares the participants for their eventual job search and life in the working world.
- Alpha’s Summer Youth Work Experience is designed for entry level or beginning transition youth students looking to improve their job readiness. This program is designed to encourage youth to gain real work experience. During this time, the youth will work under the supervision of a Job Coach and a site supervisor at a local business.
- *Interested in being a site supervisor and to making a difference in lives of young people, click here.
Pre-Employment Transition Services are available to high school students who are eligible for OOD services. Alpha provides a variety of programming to support students in the classroom ranging from Job Exploration Counseling to Instruction on How to Self Advocate.
Through a series of evaluations and time spent gathering information on personal goals for employment, Alpha provides Vocational Evaluations and Testing to help individuals determine what type of employment may be right for them.
Path to Employment
These services are designed to provide individuals an opportunity to develop and enhance their general skills while participating in volunteer and work experiences that will advance them on their path to competitive integrated employment opportunities.
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- Career Exploration
- This service is designed to help an individual identify what areas of employment may be the best fit based on their needs, skills, and abilities. Career Exploration is a one-on-one service that is supported by OOD and completed by an Alpha team member. Through informational interviews, job shadows, and research we strive to assist each participant in the identification of a vocational goal.
- This service is designed to help an individual identify what areas of employment may be the best fit based on their needs, skills, and abilities. Career Exploration is a one-on-one service that is supported by OOD and completed by an Alpha team member. Through informational interviews, job shadows, and research we strive to assist each participant in the identification of a vocational goal.
- Community Based Work Assessment
- Career Planning Services
- Discovery
- Work training
- The Alpha Group of Delaware, Inc. provides community integrated experiences and opportunities to enhance or gain various soft skills and work training to individuals with developmental disabilities in Central Ohio. Alpha is the leader with more than 50 years’ experience we are extremely competitive and guarantee job satisfaction. We offer services to commercial, industrial, governmental agencies and private residences.
- Custodial: The Alpha Group’s custodial team provides our customers with flexibility of a customized plan to fit their specific needs.
- The Alpha Group of Delaware, Inc. provides community integrated experiences and opportunities to enhance or gain various soft skills and work training to individuals with developmental disabilities in Central Ohio. Alpha is the leader with more than 50 years’ experience we are extremely competitive and guarantee job satisfaction. We offer services to commercial, industrial, governmental agencies and private residences.
- Long term supports for community employment
A time limited period where the job seeker has the opportunity to demonstrate work habits in a real world environment while earning a training stipend. Accompanied by an Alpha Job Coach through the duration, the Community Based Work Assessment provides the opportunity for the individual to identify what tasks and environments are the best match for their interests and skills.
Community Employment
The Alpha team member will work one-on-one to contact employers and walk through all parts of the employment process from interview to job negotiations.
After hire, a professional job coach will continue to support both the individual and the employer ensuring a successful transition to the work place.
Alpha provides ongoing supports for the duration of an individual’s employment via periodic on site check ins and phone