Employment Concepts

Employment Concepts helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities find employment, and helps businesses find qualified employees while enjoying tax incentives and benefitting the community. The program is part of a national initiative to help those with disabilities become contributing members of their community through meaningful, integrated employment.

Employment Concepts supports people with differing abilities to find employment, and helps businesses find qualified employees.

In this heartwarming story, Jacob found his dream job at Seven Stars Bakery through our Employment Concepts program, demonstrating that inclusive workplaces create brighter futures for everyone.

Male teacher helps student with disability write

Preparing for the Workplace

Employment Concepts provides employment services that are funded by ORS and BHDDH. When referred to Employment Concepts, you will have access to an array of services that are designed to help you establish competitive community employment:

  • Vocational evaluations
  • Community-based work evaluations
  • Job development
  • Job placement
  • Job coaching
  • Long-term job coaching
  • Retention
  • Benefits counseling referrals

Employment plans are individualized to provide the support services desired for success in the workplace.

Man with down syndrome at work in garden center

How Employment Concepts Can Help Your Business

Our job seekers are well-qualified and offer a broad range of skills and abilities. Our professional staff prepares each individual for the workplace and provides on-the-job support to help them succeed.

By partnering with the Trudeau Center’s Employment Concepts program, your business will not only make a positive impact on individuals’ lives and the greater community, your business will also benefit from staffing support and tax incentives.

What Our Clients & Families Say

“It makes you feel happy. It makes you feel excited. It makes you feel good. I really wish I can work here forever. I like to work on steam and machines here in dry cleaning. I have fun doing washing, drying, and cleaning.”

“It’s reinforced the feeling that I have about the dignity of work. It’s so central to most people’s lives, just the fact that  they have a place or a thing to go to and do each day that gives them in their lives some meaning.”

Meet the Adult Services Leadership

Charlotte Higham

Charlotte Higham

Vice President of Adult Services
chigham@trudeaucenter.org

Diane Varieur

Diane Varieur

Director of Adult Clinical Services
dvarieur@trudeaucenter.org

Program Contact Information and Location

Patterson Building
Phone

(401) 823-0051

Address

250 Commonwealth Avenue
Warwick, RI 02886
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