Kulanu’s Employment Services provide employment and life-skills training for individuals who have aged out of District or DOE placements. Our staff assist clients in discovering their vocational skills, aptitudes and interests. As a result, community-based experiences and work-tryouts are developed in response to the individuals’ interests. Kulanu’s vocational team assists the individual’s in job readiness training; job-seeking skills, obtaining and securing employment. Once a job is secured, the vocational team provides job coaching supports.
The vocational department partners with over 80 local employers who provide career exposure and assist students in building workplace readiness skills and prepare for future employment. Our transition team works closely with the families and their communities as their workforce chapter begins.
For individuals yet to identify a career direction, Pathway to Employment offers an intensive discovery process helping individuals learn more about career clusters and experience occupations in various fields.
Community-based Pre-vocational Services provide real life settings where individuals can develop “soft skills” and prepare them to achieve vocational-valued outcomes. As a result, individuals better understand expected behaviors in the work environment and strengthen skills that contribute to employability.
Supported Employment and Employment Training provides person-centered, employment-driven plans rooted in a comprehensive evaluation process that
discerns each individual’s skills, aptitudes and interests.
620 Central Ave, Cedarhurst, New York 11516, United States
(516) 569-3083 ext. 285
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