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Brooklyn Workforce 1 Career Center
Managed by Goodwill for the New York City Department of Small Business Services, the Brooklyn Workforce 1 Career Center provides all the workforce services New Yorkers need in one location. Career counseling, training, job placements and educational advancement resources as well as workforce services for businesses are included. Also collaborating on the One-Stop Centers are the New York State Department of Labor and City University of New York as well as a number of other partner organizations.
Call: (718) 246-5219
GoodTemps
Based in midtown Manhattan, GoodTemps is a contractual temporary staffing service and a significant source of jobs for persons with disabilities, seniors and those with barriers to employment. Providing short- and long-term employment opportunities throughout the metropolitan area, GoodTemps covers all five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and Northern New Jersey. Positions vary from office/clerical to professional, from labor to retail, technical and more.
Call: (212) 986-9566, (973) 481-2300, ext. 251 or (866) 363-6237
United Way NYCWorks Program
NYCWorks was developed to assist unemployed and underemployed New Yorkers with training and job placements. Funded by United Way, the Brooklyn-based Goodwill program is conducted in partnership with LEAP and New York City Technical College.
Call: (718) 625-9936
Blind & Visually Impaired Program
Open to persons referred by the New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, the VIP program assists people seeking competitive or supported employment positions. Based in Astoria, the program is open to the people of all five boroughs and focuses on finding jobs for people in their own communities. The program offers pre-employment counseling, work readiness skills training, intensive on-site job coaching and extended services.
Call: (718) 777-6357
Deaf Services
Goodwill’s support services for the deaf include development and implementation of vocational goals and plans, career exploration, placement and job coaching. Communication assistance between an employee and their employer is available for several months after placement.
For Queens, call: (718) 777-6357 or (718) 777-6306 TTY
For Harrison, New Jersey, call: (973) 481-2300 or (973) 483-0384 TTY
Back to Work
These three training and job placement centers assist New Yorkers referred by the Human Resources Administration (HRA) move from public assistance to viable employment. Job Developers work with participants to assist them in finding appropriate positions considering their skills, interests and abilities. Employment retention services are provided for six months to help overcome difficulties or secure a more skilled position.
For Brooklyn, call: (718) 246-4905
For Queens, call: (718) 433-1695
For The Bronx, call: (646) 308-6300
Refugee Social Services Program (RSSP)
Goodwill’s Refugee Social Services Program offers career planning, training and placement to refugees and persons who have obtained political asylum. Located in the Bronx and Brooklyn, RSSP is open to all refugees who have been in the U.S. less than five years, regardless of place of residence or ethnicity. Many current program participants are of Eastern European descent; Goodwill’s staff is fluent in Russian, Ukrainian and Latvian, and interpreters can be made available to serve participants speaking other languages. Employment preparation workshops cover job search basics, resume and cover letter writing, and interview preparation. Training includes English as a Second Language and basic computer, home health aide and other vocational skills. RSSP participants have been successfully placed as programmers, engineers, bookkeepers, technicians, document specialists, administrative assistants, maintenance workers, home attendants/health aides, and law, medical and stock clerks.
For The Bronx, call: (718) 652-4364
For Brooklyn, call: (718) 339-0937
Targeted Assistance Grant (TAG)
This program is similar in its mission to the Refugee Social Services Program, with a special goal of moving participants from public assistance to work. Located in the Bronx and Brooklyn, TAG provides direct services to refugees through job placements, resulting in economic self-sufficiency. In addition to all RSSP services, TAG participants receive intensive computer training.
For The Bronx, call: (718) 652-4364
For Brooklyn, call: (718) 339-0937
HempsteadWorks Career Center
A full-service One-Stop Center, the HempsteadWorks Career Center, is a network of organizations that meet the needs of both job seekers and employers. The center offers career counseling, referrals and information about the job market, child care, transportation and financial assistance. Job search resources include a computerized job bank, internet access, resume and cover letter-writing software, job search videos and CDs, as well as use of available telephones, photocopy and fax machines. The HempsteadWorks Career Center also assists employers in hiring qualified workers and developing employer-based skills training programs. Located at the Town of Hempstead Department of Occupational Resources’ central facility in Hempstead.
Call: (516) 485-5000 or visit www.hempsteadworks.com
Transitional Employment & Mentoring for Ex-Offenders (Project TEAM)
Project TEAM assists nonviolent ex-offenders from Northern New Jersey who are returning to their local communities. Funded through the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, the Harrison-based program offers participants support and resources to find employment and stable housing and provides them with counseling, mentoring, vocational or educational training, and other support services. To participate, individuals must be nonviolent offenders who are at least 18 years old and were released from a correctional facility within the past 180 days.
Call: (973) 481-2300, ext. 268
WeCare
To help persons with disabilities move from public assistance into jobs, Goodwill does vocational evaluation and assessment with participants to determine what services they need in order to achieve work readiness and employment. Those who can work receive work experience training and are placed in jobs after, or are enrolled in a work-based education program that combines on-the-job experience with classroom instruction.
Call: (718) 786-2094 ext. 207
Supported Employment
Supported Employment works to find competitive employment positions for people with severe disabilities. Once on the job, Goodwill provides one-on-one job coaching to help each individual become as independent as possible to succeed. Goodwill’s Supported Employment Division works with many disability types. These include persons with mental retardation, development disabilities, mental illness, visual impairment, hearing impairment and many others.
For New York City, call: (718) 777-4202
For Harrison, New Jersey, call: (973) 481-2300
Assisted Competitive Employment
This supported employment program provides a job coach and other support services to individuals with mental illness, helping them gain the opportunity to work in a competitive employment workplace.
For Queens, call: (718) 777-6338
For The Bronx, call: (718) 401-2555
For Brooklyn, call: (718) 372-0450
Extended Rehabilitation Services
Goodwill’s on-site industries, including contributed goods, industrial contracts and porter/ maintenance, offer program participants the opportunity to gain work experience and earn money while receiving case management services.
Clients
For Queens, call: (718) 777-6373
For Harrison, New Jersey, call: (973) 481-2300, X222
Businesses wishing to arrange contracts – including assembly/packaging,
mailing, sewing and janitorial services – call (718) 777-6359 or (347) 218-2206
Your Employment Solution (YES)
Available in all boroughs, YES provides direct placement assistance to individuals who are ready for competitive employment but still need help locating and securing the right opportunities. VESID referral is required.
Call: (212) 692-0525
Member for Life Program
Every participant in a Goodwill program automatically becomes a Member for Life. This original Goodwill program is designed to track our graduates after they have been placed in jobs to help measure the effectiveness of our work and to offer a ‘lifeline’ to our clients. Members are registered automatically.
Call: (866) 363-6237, ext. 220
WIPA – Queens and Brooklyn: “The WORK Advocate”
The WORK Advocate is a Social Security Administration/SSA-funded WIPA program to assist SSI/SSDI beneficiaries in the use of SSA work incentives (e.g., PASS Plans, IRWE, 1619b, Medicaid Buy-in, etc.) to achieve employment. Referrals for employment may be made to VESID, Workforce1 Career Centers, and other New York City agencies that provide job placement services, including Goodwill.
For Brooklyn, call: (718) 246-4905 x 2017 or 2018
For Queens, call: (718) 786-2594
NYS Intensive Employment Program for Refugees Living with Disabilities
This program helps refugees with physical and developmental disabilities to integrate into mainstream U.S. culture through their transition to permanent employment and economic self-sufficiency while reducing stigmas and cultural barriers.
The program provides workforce training on core professional/vocational skills, Vocational English Language, and Computer Literacy to maximize participant’s employment potential. Job developers effectively match participant’s skills and capabilities with suitable employment positions. Employment subsidies are available.
Call: (718) 339-0937
Additional Links:
http://www.ajb.dni.us/ America's Job Bank — job search resource
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/ NYS Dept. of Labor — Job Bank, Career Zone, etc. (help in building a resume, finding a job, etc)
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/ Referrals for persons with disabilities to job placement and training
http://online.onetcenter.org/