Employment Supports

Great Bay Services is a non-profit company that provides Employment Specialist Supports, Work Supports and Maine Career Planning for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and Autism. This is done with the support from employers like you!

We provide Long Term Work Supports and Employment Specialist Supports to Employees and their Employers. We work with the Employees and Businesses to create a work environment that is team orientated and employment successful.

Great Bay Services Employment Program also provides Maine Career Planning to people who want to work but are unsure of the employment path they would like to follow or just want a change in careers and would like to explore other careers.

Please note our Dover location does not provide Employment Supports.
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Work Supports
Work supports are based on the needs of the Job Seeker. Some Job Seekers require extra help doing their job. Our Job Coaches provide that support. They work with the Job Seeker providing the support, encouragement and if needed helping them to complete the parts of the job they may struggle with. The Job Coach is not there to do the job for the Job Seeker but to teach, support, direct and guide. The Job coach will help to create a natural support team and work with the employer to help build the independence of the Job Seeker.

Examples

The Job Seeker may need help setting up their workstation but can do the rest of the job without support. The Job Coach would help with that piece and leave for the rest of shift. The Job Seeker may need support during the entire shift. Then the Job Coach would stay with the Job Seeker working alongside them by guiding, directing, teaching, and supporting. Sometimes the Job Seeker needs help to navigate online trainings, the Job Coach would help by teaching and even reading and explaining the on line course.
Employment Specialist Check-In 
When the Job Seeker can do the entire job and works with the natural supports around them. The Employer would still like to have contact with agency to help them communicate the Employers needs or Employee’s needs, to make sure employee is happy, understanding his or her job expatiations, help if struggling, come back in to help the Job Seeker learn a new task, give employer feedback, and vice versa or even help with evaluations, paperwork, and online trainings...etc... 

Career Planning
​ Helping potential employees to find their employment path. Some may have a job already but would like to change careers. Career Planning gives the person the support needed to do so. The Career Planner works with the focus person and the people who know them best. They focus on the persons interest, strengths, surroundings, hobbies, goals. It’s about getting to know the person and exploring the surrounding community businesses. Setting up tours and work trials based on interest. We are not looking for a job but exploring the different businesses so the person can get a feel for what is out there. The Career Planner comes up with themes based on the persons interest and they use these themes to find businesses with some or all the themes. This report is compiled and then shared with Vocational Rehabilitation Services.​​

Do you find yourself wanting to get out into the working field or wanting to explore work options?

Interested in exploring businesses, finding your niche in the career field?

Great Bay Services could be a great solution we are expanding our employment department to include Maine State Career Planning.

If you are interested in more information, contact us or have your case manager, contact us at Great Bay Services, Sanford Maine ask for Sandra Bradley at
207-850-1053 or email at sbradley@greatbayservices.org

For more information on our Employment Supports, contact Pam Foster at pfoster@greatbayservices.org.