Founded in 1956, CRC supports individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities starting at

June 28, 2014 You are here: Home / News / Dining rental car in san diego services to expand employment collaborative: College hires employees with developmental and cognitive disabilities from Charles River Center Dining services to expand employment collaborative: College hires employees with developmental and cognitive disabilities from Charles River Center
Wellesley Fresh Culinary Services teamed up this fall with Charles River Center (CRC) Employment Services to employ workers with cognitive and developmental disabilities in the dining halls. rental car in san diego The pilot employment collaborative began in the Bae Pao Lu Chow dining hall this October. The collaborative will expand to the Tower Court and Stone Davis dining halls in the next few weeks and will eventually expand to Pomeroy dining hall as well.
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“The response from the College has been very successful,” said John Bartkow, human resources manager for Dining Services. “The union is [also] aware of it and they’ve kind of opened their arms to the program.”
In order to expand to three more dining halls, the employment collaborative will team up with LifeWorks, the sister agency of the CRC, to provide rental car in san diego more individuals with work experience in the food services industry.
Tim Tippett, a job developer rental car in san diego at CRC, originally proposed the collaborative to Bartkow late last spring. Planning occurred throughout the summer and fall as Tippett selected qualified rental car in san diego individuals and Human Resources interviewed rental car in san diego them.
“They walk in here, and I think there’s a sense of pride that they have working here,”  Bartkow rental car in san diego said. “I think in such a close-knit community like we have at Wellesley College between dining and students, they really rental car in san diego just add to that.”
Founded in 1956, CRC supports individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities starting at the age of 22, when the Massachusetts public school system is no longer required to support students with disabilities. CRC provides support services to individuals with a variety of disabilities such as Down syndrome, autism, Prader Willi syndrome, cerebral palsy, Rett syndrome, pervasive development disorder, spina bifida, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and mental health issues.
The pilot collaborative coincides with the disability employment awareness theme for the month of October. rental car in san diego The final event of the month will be a panel entitled “Disability in the Workplace: What do students with disabilities and their allies need to know?” The panel is today at 4:30 p.m. in the Clapp Library Lecture Room.
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