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Employment Technology, Inc. (ETI) is a nonprofit employment agency that specializes in job placement and follow up training for persons with disabilities to achieve sustained success in the workplace.
We offer a range of services to help you achieve your goals.
Eligibility/Referrals
Eligibility: Any person with a significant disability who requires a selective job search and a period of on-the-job training to gain successful employment.Applicants for ETI empl...
Initial Meetings
The initial meeting is arranged at the convenience of our customers, at their own residences or a mutually agreed location. Attendees should include the applicant and his/her fami...
Community-Based Work Assessments
For customers who are uncertain as to their job interests, ETI can arrange brief job tryouts and assessments in real jobs with local employers to help shape and determine the best ...
Job Search
A targeted job position, specific to each customer’s skills and interests, is developed with and approved by the applicant. A job search plan of action describes the locale of the...
Job Placement
As suitable positions are developed, they are reviewed with the applicant. When a position is accepted, a placement meeting is held to discuss all aspects of the job position and ...
Individual Plan of Job Support
As job positions are accepted, ETI works with the employer to identify performance requirements in terms of quality and production. ETI guarantees that the employer’s job is done...
Follow-up and Career Advancement
As the supported employee exhibits independence in their job requirements, the Employment Specialist develops a fading plan and a schedule of occasional follow-up visits that is pr...
Empowering Persons with Disabilities
ETI's mission is to assist persons with disabilities to achieve successful careers in competitive employment.
Supported Employment Pioneer
Incorporated in November of 1986, ETI designed and implemented the first Supported Employment programs in Bucks County.
Dedicated Leadership
The agency's founding members — N. Chris Carabello, Administrator; Theodore Rysz Jr., Fiscal Directory; Elyn Carabello, Personnel Director — remain as the Administrative Staff even today.
Unique Nonprofit Model
ETI represents a unique model — a nonprofit organization incorporated for the sole purpose of being an employment agency for persons with disabilities.
A Legacy of Advocacy and Service
At a time when segregated facilities were the only option for persons with disabilities in Bucks County, ETI developed a Pennsylvania Competitive Supported Employment Grant for Bucks County. For the first few years of that grant, monthly meetings of a task force were held, including Administrators of the local Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Office of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Special Education, and Social Security.
Longstanding Partnerships
ETI has contracted with local, state, and federal funding sources for more than 23 years to provide employment services.
Commitment to Rights & Confidentiality
The agency fully complies with all requirements of its funding agencies in regards to customers' rights, and confidentiality.
Ongoing Support
ETI provides placement and job supports to approximately 120 employed customers per year. About 50% are new placements each year; the other half continue to receive follow-up support, including some who have been employed since ETI's earliest years.
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