APL Associates

10/21/2024

Excellent day sharing resources at the Burlington County DEAM event!

10/16/2024

05/25/2021

At APL Associates, we are truly committed to the proper work-home life balance.

We are a dynamic private social services agency looking to fill a community
based Employment Specialist position working locally with clients in the following counties:
Ocean, Mercer, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester.

Full time (with benefits) and Part time positions available.

The position entails working one-on-one with individuals who have a
disability and are seeking employment locally.
* Identify employment
opportunities for clientele and offer transition services, job coaching,
mentoring and support.

*Bachelor's degree Required
*Some experience in community job development, consumer advocacy and one to
one job skills development preferred.
*Strong desire to help others
Strong organization and communications
skills required.
*Must have car with valid driver's license.

08/17/2020

As legislators make difficult budget decisions, those decisions must not be on the backs of people with disabilities

02/29/2020

Great post on understanding your children with ADHD

02/06/2020

Supportive Employment Specialist: Middlesex County

The Employment Specialist is responsible for supporting individuals with disabilities to achieve competitive employment and community inclusion outcomes. All activities will be in alignment with APL Associate’s mission and values.
Essential Job Functions:
• Engages clients and establishes trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of obtaining competitive employment in the community
• Demonstrates tolerance of different levels of readiness to work by using gentle encouragement when a client appears unsure of working.
• Conducts a written employment assessment (vocational profile) that includes the persons work goal, work background, interests, talents preferences, work skills, other related work factors, coping strategies networking contacts for job search.
• Teaches employment related skills as the person obtains and maintains competitive employment
• Assists consumers to find jobs that are interesting and meaningful to them and at the skill level they desire by making employer contacts that are based on consumers’ job preferences.
• Develops an employment plan that includes the consumer’s vocational goals in the consumers’ own words and behavioral objectives of how the consumer will meet his/her goal.
• Support clients to utilize public transportation and/or provide transportation training.
• Employment Specialists will carry a caseload of at least 20 clients

Qualifications
• High School diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s Degree in social services or closely related field preferred. Ability to work as a team member.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must be proficient in basic computer skills, documentation and digital record keeping
• Must have car with valid driver's license.
• ASL and Spanish skills a plus

02/06/2020

A new New Jersey restaurant set to open Wednesday has made its focus a very unique mission: most exclusively hiring adults with developmental disabilities.

02/05/2020

Read all the way to the end.....best part !!

December 2019 and January 2020 were busy and productive months at APL
Associates. During the 2 months, we received 31 non Pre-ETS referrals and
facilitated 24 placements. Kudos to our clients, coaches and referral
partners. We also received 27 Pre-ETS referrals.

Employers include:

Eastern Auto Parts
Runnemede Library
Deerwood Country Club
1-800-Got-Junk
Goodwill
CVS
Five Below
Bob's Discount Furniture
Crunch Fitness
Wegman's
Sports Stadium Event Co (Philadelphia Eagles)

This last placement is really inspiring. VC is a recent high school
graduate with Cerebral Palsy who is extremely interested in anything sports
related. His singular job goal was "something sports related." What
started out as a reach for a retail position with the Philadelphia Eagles
Fan Store turned into an in stadium job at Eagles Games and continued
employment post-season at concerts and other stadium events. As the
position is part-time, the coach was directed by the counselor to help with
on-boarding and the initial transition, though they continue to work in
pre-placement for additional, regular work. Kudos to our coach Andrew
Pullen for being so creative in developing and securing this opportunity.
Kudos to our client VC for putting in the hard work and inspiring us all....

01/31/2020

Love !!

A mother opened a bakery to ensure that her son, and other individuals with special needs, can secure employment and a future for themselves.

01/09/2020

Soo sweet !

Benjamin Giroux, a multi year old understudy, was given a schoolwork task and was approached to compose a ballad.As opposed to simply shooting something that rhymed, he set aside the effort to spill his guts.He needed individuals to recognize what it resembled to live with m

12/12/2019

Now he hires employees with disabilities.