Employment

Transitional Services

​Supported Employment

Allows participants to work in competitive job environments while earning a paycheck. It includes assisting our participants with job search and placement and is conducted in a variety of work settings.  Our participants are integrated alongside co-workers without disabilities to perform their assigned work duties.  Supervision, employment supports, and training from our staff are provided to sustain work in the community.

Group Supported Employment

Provides employment supports to a group of individuals who work in the community, performing various tasks while earning wages. Each group has a Supervisor who assists them at the job site and ensures tasks are performed to the employer’s expectations.  In our Mobile Work Crews, a group of participants work in a variety of locations and travel to a number of work sites during the day under the continuous supervision of an Employment Specialist (Job Coach).

Individualized Supported Employment

Is a supported employment placement strategy in which an Employment Specialist (Job Coach) places a participant into competitive employment through a job discovery process, provides training and support and then gradually reduces time and assistance at the work site.  This service may also include development and on-going support for self-employment.  Working with the participant, this assistance consists of:

• ​Create/Update Employment Resumes
• Interview Preparedness Skills
• Job Development
• Work Evaluations
• Career Observations
• On the Job training
• Employer Relations
• Job Coaching/Supports

Individualized Day Supports Vocational

Provides supports to participants tailored to his/her specific needs related to the acquisition, improvement, and retention of skills and abilities to be competitively employed.

A local vending machine company that is owned and operated by individuals with disabilities from MARC, Inc. of Manchester.

• Purchases from our vending machines employ individuals with intellectual & developmental disabilities to live meaningful lives of independence, choice, inclusion, and continuous personal growth.​
• MARC, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. MARC provides residential, senior center, employment, Day Service Options (DSO) with work, DSO Shannon’s Place, recreational and respite, and advocacy services tailored to each individual.​

If you are interested in supporting Vending For Change, please contact Director of Employment, Annie Lopez at (860) 646-5718 alopez@marcct.org.