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Supported Employment & Job Training

Finding a Job and Contributing in your Community for Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

Overview

Easterseals empowers individuals to achieve meaningful employment through personalized support and skill-building. Programs include Supported Employment, as well as Pre-Vocational Services that offer work experience, volunteer opportunities, and community-based learning. Participants receive training, ongoing coaching, and resources to build independence, social skills, and job success. Services are available Monday–Friday at Easterseals locations in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties.

Our Programs

Employment for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism

Easterseals assists individuals who want to secure and/or maintain employment by providing support services that optimize their abilities and interests. 

Participants can choose individual or group employment.

Path to Employment: Pre-Vocational Services

Easterseals Pre-Vocational Services program is ideal for adults who like variety and seek opportunities in the community while expanding individual skills to work toward employment.

Easterseals can help employers create winning solutions for reaching employment goals!

Contact Easterseals to learn more about Easterseals Workforce Development services in your area.

Our Stories

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  • Two people with disabilities smile and pose in front of a Food Bank backdrop

    Empowering Careers: Reaching Culinary Goals with Easterseals & Food Bank of Delaware

    Through a partnership between Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore and the Food Bank of Delaware, Kristen and Shalanda, both supported by Easterseals’ Supported Employment Services, completed the Food Bank’s 12 week Kitchen School Program, gaining hands on culinary skills, confidence, and career momentum while continuing to work and moving closer to achieving their long term goals in the food service industry.
  • A man with a disability delivers meals on wheels to senior.

    More Than a Meal

    This Giving Tuesday, your donation helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities not only gain meaningful work and connection but also strengthen the community by delivering Meals on Wheels to neighbors in need. Every gift supports empowering people with I/DD to make a real difference in their communities.
  • A man in a wheelchair with an intellectual disability smiles at the camera

    A Place Where Dominick Can Grow

    When Dominick David, of Newark, is in his Easterseals day program for adults with intellectual disabilities, his mom, Lynne, knows he is engaged in activities, forming relationship bonds and staying connected to his community.

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