Archive for the 'Services' Category

Toledo Community Rehabilitation Partner Meeting

Published on January 16, 2013 in Findlay Office, Partner, Services and Toledo Office. Closed Tags: , , , .

Yesterday, we met with a lot of the counselors from the northwest area of the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Comission. We appreciate all the feedback that we received and all the time that we were given to share some great information.

At this meeting, we shared a bulk of information. We started off with some statistics for the 1st Financial Quarter for the northwest area, and then broke down into some more specific information regarding our services. We talked about vocational evaluations, benefits analysis, and our computer training services.

If you are interested in any of the files, here they are all.

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by Justin Blumhorst

Education Report

Published on November 6, 2012 in Adaptive Technology, Advocation, Dayton Office, Offices and Services. Closed Tags: , .

Recently, Belinda Bockrath, Southern Area Manager, and I were interviewed on the Education Report with Gary Honert on a few radio stations near Dayton, OH.

Luckily, Justin Draper, the new Driver’s Education Manager at Capabilities, has a knack for doing some video editing. He kindly put together the audio from the event into some great videos. Here they are for your viewing pleasure.

First Segment

Second Segment

Third Segment

by Justin Blumhorst

Transportation Training With Capabilities

Published on July 31, 2012 in Services. Closed Tags: , , , .

Click on The Picture to View The Brochure (Note: you need Adobe Reader or another program that can open .PDF files to view this)

Capabilities is very proud of our transportation training services.  At our St. Marys Office, we have a full service driving school that includes a standard driving course , juvenile remedial, and adult remedial classes.

As with all of our services, we specialize in helping people with disabilities.  So, as far as training people with disabilities, we offer the following services:

  • Driving Assessment
  • First Time Drivers Group Safety Course
  • On the Road Driving Instruction
  • Travel Training
  • Pre Driver’s Education Training

If you are interested in learning more about the individual services, please view this site: http://www.capabilitiesinc.biz/driving.php

Also, on the left, you will see an image about a brochure that has information about all of these different services.  If you are interested in seeing this brochure online, please click here (Note: you need Adobe Reader or another program that can open .PDF files to view this).

If you serve people with disabilities in our service area (West Side of Ohio), and would like a brochure to be able to hand out to people to let them know about our services, please let us know, and we will get you some!

by Justin Blumhorst

Wholly Toledo!

Published on July 12, 2012 in Partner and Services. Closed Tags: , , , , .

Here is a quick link to an article about one of Capabilities’ consumers.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Food/2012/07/03/Danny-Ives-wants-to-add-spice-to-life.html

Congrats Danny!  Keep up the good work!  Capabilities has helped Danny with customized employment, funded by the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission.

If you are interested in services and have a disability, please apply for services with the Rehabilitation Services Commission.  Click here for a link to the application for services.

by Justin Blumhorst

Service of the Month: Job Club

Published on May 9, 2012 in Services. Closed Tags: .

Job Club?  What’s a Job Club?

The Job Club is not a new concept but the Capabilities Job Club is a unique, cost effective service  to get the most up to date and relevant job search information. The club members meet weekly for one hour and can conclude when the individual member has obtained a job or when they feel they have obtained all the necessary skills to job search on their own.

Some topics include:

  • Self-Presentation
  • Resume
  • Pocket Resumes
  • References
  • Cover Letters
  • Identifying Job Leads
  • Filling Out Paper Applications
  • Filling Out Computer Applications
  • Interviewing
  • Mock Interviews (Both Over the Phone and In Person)
  • Resume Reviews
  • Taped Interview Critique
  • Interview Day
  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • Thank You Notes and Letters
  • Contacting Employers By Phone
  • Transportation– how to problem solve
  • Networking (Both on Computers and In Person)
  • Using the One Stop
  • Using the Internet
  • Using the Newspaper (not just the classifieds)

Each week concludes with sharing of job search tips, reviewing how to overcome job search frustration, and sharing of job leads.

You can also view this information on our web page here:

http://www.capabilitiesinc.biz/services/jobclub.php

When Would  a Job Club Be a Good Fit?

The job club can be a great solution for someone who does not need intensive one on one job search help. The job club includes job seeking skills building, job development tips and oversight, and peer support. If your consumer needs to get ‘tuned up’ to find a job, this will help motivate and excite them. If your consumer needs to get into a better daily job search routine, job club can provide the needed structure.

The job club is not only a quality rehabilitation piece but it is also an economical fit. The price of the job club is much less than traditional hourly job development and/or job seeking skills training. You get a lot more bang for your buck by going with this service for consumers who benefit from group experiences and learning!

OK, So What’s The Price?

The job club service is listed on our full fee schedule, and is$75.00 per month.

Comparing this to one hour of job development for each for the entire month would be $240.00.

For job seeking skills training for one hour for the entire month, this would cost $228.00

Final Details

Once again, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or ideas for this service, please contact us at info@capabilitiesinc.biz.

Capabilities prides itself on customizing our services to what will work best for our consumers, so please ask us to see how we can do this for you!

by Justin Blumhorst

Example of Resume Website

Published on October 21, 2011 in Job Search Tips, Resume Tips and Services. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

At Capabilities, we make resumes for all of our consumers when we work with them for job placement.  Another interesting project we have gotten into is making a websites for our consumers that is basically their online resume.

Here is an example of one that we have created for Amy Kraft: http://amykraft.wordpress.com/.

Amy is a medical transcriptionist that is currently looking for employment.  If you would like to hire or contact her, just visit her handy site, and you can get a hold of her!

My favorite portion of what we did for her was that we created a video resume for her.  You can also view this on her webpage, but I’ve included it here:

Amy Kraft’s Resume from Capabilities, Inc. on Vimeo.

If you are a professional trying to get into the field, a resume website can be an extra extension of yourself.  It can differentiate you from other people who are applying, and it just may be the thing you need to help get hired!

If you are interested in getting a resume website set up, please contact us today (Click Here to Find the Contact Information for Capabilities).

by Justin Blumhorst

New Service: Case Management

Published on September 30, 2011 in Services and Toledo Office. Closed Tags: , , .

At Capabilities, we are always trying to find new programs and services that we can use to help people with disabilities.

Allison Meeks, one of our Vocational Evaluators from Toledo, recently brought it to our attention that she is qualified to do case management.  Allison has a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Bowling Green State University (Go Falcons!).

With Allison’s expertise, Capabilities can now offer Case Management services to MCO’s (Managed Care Organizations) in Ohio.  Allison is able to create customized plans for injured workers to get them back to work as quickly as possible.

To receive Case Management services from Allison and Capabilities, you have to have an open case with the Ohio BWC (Bureau of Worker’s Compensation).

If you would like to receive more information regarding the case management service, please feel free to contact Allison directly.  Here is her contact information:

Allison Meeks
Phone:   419.867.8367 ext 14
Email: Allison.Meeks@capabilitiesinc.biz

For some more information regarding our case management service, please see a full brochure available at this link:

http://www.capabilitiesinc.biz/uploads/bwcbrochureEMAIL.pdf

Note: To view the brochure, you need to have Adobe Reader, or another PDF file reader.

by Justin Blumhorst

Summer 2011 Youth Work Experience

Published on April 27, 2011 in Offices and Services. Closed Tags: , , , , .

Summer is quickly approaching, and that means vacation for most high schoolers! What are they going to do with all their free time? Capabilities’s Summer Youth Work Experience is a great way to get the experience that employers will be looking for. We have local businesses who are ready to work with youth to give them a taste of what a post-highschool job will entail. It’s an eight week program that includes orientation and training as well as a full four weeks working in the field.

Flyer for Summer Youth Work Experience

Capabilities Summer Youth Work Experience

We are actively looking for businesses to host work sites and youth with disabilities interested in the Work Experience.  If you are interested in the program, or would like some more information, please contact Kathy Stearns, our Transition Program Coordinator.  Here is her contact information:

Kathy Stearns
Capabilities, Inc.
102 Crystal Avenue, Suite G
Findlay, OH  45840
Phone: 419.394.9367
Email: kathy.stearns@capabilitiesinc.biz

by Jordan Passmore