Supportive Services
Skookum Employment Services works with local businesses to create community inclusive job opportunities for people with developmental disabilities or other barriers to employment.
Our Job Coaches assist individuals who have the potential for independent employment, but need specialized, short-term, on-the -job, support and training to succeed.
Clients are referred to our unique and special program from various sources (listed below) and are also welcome to apply independently.
- Division of Social & Health Services
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Health and Human Services
- Department of Developmental Disabilities
- Work First Programs
- Colleges & High Schools
- Business's, Agencies & Organizations
- Private independent individuals
Our professional staff helps clients obtain jobs that match their abilities and interests. The program supports workers by helping them to develop employment related skills, access community resources and to obtain follow up services, if needed. We respect the dignity of each individual and offer a flexible support structure to assist each client in reaching his/her greatest potential.
Some of the job opportunities that Skookum Program Services clients have successfully filled on the Olympic Peninsula are listed below.
| Port of Port Townsend Swains General Store Henery's Do It Best Hardware Henery's Garden Center The Food Coop Bay View Restaurant Landfall Restaurant Chimacum Cafe Day Star Cafe Village Bakery Gary's Automobiles |
Indian Island Grounds Port Ludlow Golf Course QFC Grocery Store Safeway Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Transit Peninsula Paint Company Caring Hands Daycare Victoria House Assisted Living Kah Tai Rehabilitation Center |
Our clients are special individuals that work to overcome difficulties and work around their disabilities. Skookum Educational and Employment Services concentrates on everyone's ability to succeed!
"Creating Opportunities for People with Disabilities"
