Transitioning to Community Employment
Date:
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Transition to Community Employment

Workshops Job Coach; Rhonda Draisey, IVRS
Counselor-Marshalltown; Tammy McAnulty,
DHS Case Manager, employee Julie Propp,
and Keisha, Kwik Star Manager-Store #706.
VR counselor Rhonda Draisey, in our Marshalltown service unit worked with Julie to gain employment.
"Prior to obtaining this job as a retail helper, our job candidate was working in a sheltered workshop, and had been for a number of years. She is 57 years old and had NEVER worked in competitive community employment," Draisey said.
Julie decided she would like to work at Wirk Star and approached the staff there herself. Once her employment goal stated, Rhonda worked with Julie and the staff at Kwik Star to make sure that Julie would be successful in her new position.
Since getting the Retail Helper job with Kwik Star, Julie no longer works in a sheltered workshop.
The partnership was so successful that Julie recently traveled to Washington DC to speak at a congressional briefing about her experience working at Kwik Star.
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