New Campus of Care partner offers unique employment for the Valley

The workshops Inc. known as TWI, is expanding its services to the Mahoning Valley.
Originally out of Canton, Ohio, TWi will open the doors to a unique employment program for adults with developmental disabilities.
Located on the Campus of Care, The Causeway at Mineral Ridge will provide vocational habilitation and adult day service programming.
The Causeway will house vocational learning labs replicating a different employment environment.
Lorie Hines, the Chief Operating Officer at TWI, said, " In Trumbull and Mahoning County, we did an analysis and we believe that this is one of the things that is needed is employment services. Helping people prepare to have a job out in the community."
How it works is participants start by expressing their interest in something and workers at TWI work with them to help build experience.
From there, workers then help build a resume to start applying for jobs in the community.
"Say they want to work in a restaurant and they want to be a sever. Their case manager then comes alongside and we have a curriculum that we use that teaches them customer service skills, how to clean, and many other skills needed," said Hines.
Their new facility has a laundry room to teach hospitality, a kitchen and restaurant to teach how to work in the food industry and a hotel room.
TWi currently operates four pre-employment and vocational habilitation sites, manages three community businesses staffed by adults with developmental disabilities, and partners with local businesses throughout Northeast Ohio to provide employment opportunities for individuals served.
They have over 400 individuals with developmental disabilities to achieve their employment goals each year.
The non-profit organization has a total of 50 years of experience.
If you would like to help out, TWI is actively looking for volunteers to teach certain skills like kitting, computers, music, and other activities.
TWI can be reached at (330) 479-3958, or you can go to their website at http://www.choosetwi.com/.