Vista Vocational and Life Skills Center

Do you need a good source for reliable employees? Do you want to save money? Save time? Save space? Are you interested in no-cost solutions to expand your business?

Then it's time to contact Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center. At Vista, you'll find reliable, trustworthy employees with a strong desire to work. In exchange, your company will become an important partner in helping individuals with disabilities achieve their career goals. It's a win-win opportunity!

Vista works with 125+ employers in the community. Your business can benefit from a variety of valuable employment options offered by Vista, including our:

• Competitive Employment Program
• Assisted Employment Program
• Internship Program

Do you need a good source for reliable employees?

With Vista’s Competitive Employment Program, employers receive:

• Employees who have been prescreened as to abilities
• Individuals who want to work
• Free on-the-job training by a Vista job coach
• Regular employment follow-up by our vocational staff
• Consultation and strategies to pro-actively prevent problems at the worksite
• Tax credits, when available

Do you want to save money? Save time? Save space?

Do you have a product or a service that needs to be completed on a consistent or as-needed basis, but are having difficulty doing this economically and reliably? If so, we have a solution for you.

Consider hiring Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center’s new Assisted Employment Crews for production or light assembly work, such as:

• Sorting, packing
• Envelope stuffing and mailings
• Counting, weighing
• Bagging, sealing

Are you interested in no-cost solutions to expand your business?

Then consider sponsoring a Vista Intern. Vista’s Internship Program matches individuals with disabilities to real work experiences at local companies. This program is free to employers and invaluable to the students.

As an Internship Program sponsor, your company will benefit by:

• Providing a valuable and productive community service
• Obtaining reliable employees at no cost
• Increasing productivity as a result of expanded staff

In exchange, your company will become an important partner in helping individuals achieve their career goals. As a result of their experience with you, our students are better able to prepare for the work force, handle real world responsibilities, and acquire actual job skills.

Internship Partners
Aaron Manor
Branford Animal Shelter
Caring Ways Adult Day Care Center
Church Street Child Care
Cradles to Crayons
New Haven Country Club
No Boundaries
Old Lyme Veterinary Hospital
Saybrook Convalescent Hospital
Super Pet Center
Westpoint Stevens
The Yale Broadcasting Company
Yale Athletics Department

We look forward to working with you! Please contact us at:
Job Development Department
Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center, Inc.
105 Bradley Road
Madison, Connecticut 06443
Tel. 203 318-5240
Fax. 203-318-5246
Email: jobdevelopment@vistavocational.org

Vista is a nonprofit, community-based training program for young adults with disabilities. Our unique program attracts students from across the United States. Vista offers vocational training, counseling and support services designed to enable the students and members we serve to succeed in work and to live independently in the community.

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