Goodwill maximizes ability, not limits By Hun Walker Emerald Reporter (olio Furtado began working as a supply clerk at Goodwill Industries of Lane County 10 months ago. She said she loves her job. and at the same time she receives office experience and training she hasn’t re ceived anywhere else Furtado is a client of the Goodwill Employability Devel opment program, which placed 117 disabled or disadvantaged workers into competitive em ployment in 1!)HH “I love it here. I've devel oped a lot of really flood office skills.” Furtado said. "Work infl helped my self-esteem.'* Eugene's Goodwill employ ment program is in its fourth year and is gaining increased recognition. In December, the local Goodwill was named one of three finalists in the nation wide ) M. Foundation Sean h for Excellence competition, which honors human service p nigra ms. Alxiut 250 clients of the em ployment program are em ployed with Goodwill. 70 to HO percent of them are disabled. An additional 2B5 trained workers have been placed in the job market since 1985, ac cording to Melinda McLaugh lin. (Goodwill public relations director Clients are referred to the program by Vocational Rehabil itation Associates, the Southern Willamette Private Industry Council, Family Services of Use County, the Veteran’s Ad ministration Clinic, the Lane County Mental Health Division and area school districts. After referral, clients begin a process of evaluation and train ing that prepares them for eventual placement into com petitive, non-subsidized em ployment. Evaluation takes from one week to one month. It consists of a number of assessments which obtain an “accurate pic ture of the whole individual in cognitive and academic skills, physical ability, and interest areas, so we can match a job to their strengths,1' according to Becky Holbrook, Goodwill vo cational evaluator. Formal testing is used to in dicate clients' work habits, pro ductivity and quality. Holbrook said. In addition, memory and motor skills are tested. After evaluation, extensive training is provided to develop employment skills. Goodwill offers on-the-job training, with clients employed in the opera tions department or in posi tions such as retail, custodial, clerical, wood working, and food service. Gloria Sessions has been training with Goodwill since February. She is one of many employees who sort donated items before they are priced and sent to one of six area retail stores. Sessions had not been em ployed for eight years, and she said that her work at Goodwill has been the motivation she needed to return to the job mar ket. "I'm ready to go back out," she said. Productivity of clients is measured while they are being trained, and clients receive wages according to the amount of work performed. 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