For VRS Counselors

We help you find a great job in the community that is a perfect fit for your strengths!

• Referred individuals must be looking for a long-term, permanent job.

• Referred individuals must be looking for a permanent and long-term job.

• Referred individuals should have a resume, template cover letter, complete sample application with established references, and no need for interview practice.

Great Work offers job coaching services. There may not be a staff member available to take on the case, but feel free to reach out!

Initial Support: Great Work will provide 1-1 constant on-the-job support for the first 30 days.

Fading Support: At 30 days, we’ll assess the need for continued support and will fade back if appropriate.

Transportation: Great Work cannot provide transportation to/from the job. Great Work can wait for someone’s ride with them if approved by VR in advance.

Great Work absences: There may be times when our job coach is out due illness, emergency, paid-time-off or Great Work’s holiday schedule conflicting with that of the employer. We will alert the participant, employer, VR counselor, and family asap when our job coach will be out. We will attempt to find coverage internally within our team but if we cannot, we will explore a natural support from family, friends of other providers or a natural support from the provider.

Participant absences: Please alert your job coach ASAP if you will be absent from work for either a planned day off or unexpectedly. Our job coaches rely on their income from this job and if you can’t work, they usually can’t work either.

Schedule changes: We cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate work schedule changes. We will try our best to accommodate schedule changes when we can, but our job coach may not be available during the new schedule. If a participant’s hours are cut at work, Great Work will often fill the lost hours for our job coach with other responsibilities or support for other participants. If hours are added back to the participant’s schedule. We cannot guarantee that our job coach will still be available to provide support during those times.

Job coach departure: In rare situations, our job coach may decide to leave Great Work. When they do we will try our best to find coverage internally within our team and find a replacement job coach. However, this is not always immediately possible and can cause a gap in coverage. In these situations, we will explore the possibility of utilizing natural supports while we work on finding coverage.

We help you collect experience on a sample application, assist with resumes and cover letters, and practice interviewing!

We help you explore employment through a great stepping stone job and will help build your employment experience.

Through Work Experience Services we can help you search for a job through posted job openings in your community, or we can arrange an individual, time-limited job to help you determine your interest in a particular kind of work. Occasionally these short-term customized experiences lead to permanent job offers!