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.
Turn to Goodwill, Page 12
Tina Chirk (fur left}. l inin' items before the\ go to Good
will's ri'tnil outlets
Prospot live clients (left and iibovr) go through mi initial
evaluation process to measure their mental and pin se al skills
and their training potential
Melita Green (below I evaluates a pros pet live client s task
performance with trainer David Dybevik to determine it bother or
not the client will be accepted
Dybevik works with limitiv Reynolds (upper rightI testing
electrical equipment and Darryl Stanfill (lower right) repairs a
broken lamp
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