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Neighborhood based services
allow participants to use services and training in areas near their
homes and communities, in non-threatening environments. The goal is
to meet participants “where they live.” I CAN staff offer
orientations every Tuesday at 9:30 am. They can access extensive supportive
services, including transportation, childcare, health care, clothing
vouchers, food bank access, counseling and life skills classes, right
from this site:
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4451 Market Street,
Suites A & B, San Diego |
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In-depth assessment
provides participants with critical self-knowledge with regard to interests,
values, academic performance, interpersonal skills and work related
aptitudes. Assessment information empowers participants to evaluate
their options and create a plan that works for them and their families.
Career counseling and planning ensures that a participant's career path
takes into account the individual’s unique values, interests and
skills while considering the latest labor market information.
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I CAN participants
access personal career counseling through the San Diego Centers
for Education and Technology. |
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Training in career
allows participants to consider the vast and ever-changing world of
work and to choose their places in it. Participants study the industries
most in demand in San Diego County; they learn how to use career ladders
and lattices; they analyze wage information, skill requirements, job
growth projections and other labor market information to determine
which occupational clusters provide the road to self-sufficiency;
and they develop work readiness skills to assist in getting and keeping
the job. Guest speakers include employers and representatives of non-traditional
careers and high-demand industries, making it possible for participants
to put a friendly face on what otherwise might be an unfamiliar occupation.
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Demand
Occupation and Selection Class is offered on site and is registered
through the Centers for Education and Technology ("CET").
The class is open entry/open exit:
Days: Monday thru Friday 8:30 a.m.-noon
Location: 4451 Market Street, Suite B, San Diego
Phone: 619-266-9075 |
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Intensive participant support
in the form of mentorship, advocacy and case management is provided
by Community Advocates and Senior Mentors. Community Advocates are
coaches and guides for participants who are moving themselves from
poverty to self-sufficiency. Community Advocates help participants
identify resources as well as potential roadblocks; and they help
to problem solve for viable solutions. Participants receive high quality,
personalized attention because the Community Advocates maintain relatively
small caseloads.
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Community Advocates are made possible by
I CAN's partner agencies: Neighborhood House Association, Occupational
Training Services, Comprehensive Training Systems, and San Diego
Housing Commission.
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Senior Mentors are available to assist participants with addressing
barriers to employment and with job retention issues. They draw on their
life experiences to help find solutions when needed.
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Senior
Mentors are made possible by Welfare-to-Work funding through the
San Diego Workforce Partnership and Comprehensive Training Systems. |
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Vocational skills training
and basic education, as appropriate, are an important
link to economic self-improvement. Participants develop a Personal
Educational and Placement (PEP) Plan with their Community Advocate
and determine the vocational training program and job placement needs
best suited to their situation. The PEP can also link participants
with adult basic education (ABE), vocational adult basic education
(VABE) or Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL), with the
goal of achieving an academic level that will allow participants to
succeed in the vocational training program of their choice. Regular
updating of the PEP Plan encourages life-long learning as a tool for
continued professional growth.
