Services in Ventura County

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Comprehensive curriculum-based program that provides support and instruction in vocational skills, interests, and social aptitudes. It also provides the opportunity for participants to reach maximum social, intellectual, physical, sensory, and emotional functioning levels. 

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Participants attend the one-year, 5-day a week internship in a business setting, participating in work rotations at the host site to gain experience and transferrable skills. (St. John’s Regional Medical Center Oxnard, St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital Camarillo, and Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village.) PathPoint leads afternoon workshops at the site covering: communication, interviewing, job search and reflection. Participants also receive job support and mentoring following the completion of the program to secure competitive employment. 

Integrated Work (IWK) and Group Supported Employment (GSE)

IWK combines community integration with opportunities to work in various paid part-time employment contracts within Ventura County. GSE are supervised work crews performing community jobs. 

Job Placement Services (JPS)

Helps individuals to successfully secure local jobs with assistance in resume writing, interview preparations, and job search strategies. 

Individual Supported Employment (ISE)

Provides one-on-one job coaching services that include individualized instruction, training, and intervention to help individuals improve work skills and positive work behaviors. A Job Coach counsels individuals on issues related to competitive employment, monitors progress on the job, and acts as liaison between the employer and employee.

External Situational Assessment (ESA) and Work Adjustment Services (WAS)

Utilize work sites to identify an individual’s work readiness; time-limited training at a work site; and the development of work behaviors and functional capacities to maintain positive employment. 

Paid Internship Program (PIP)

Is available to job seekers served by Tri-Counties Regional Center who want to gain work skills and experience that will increase opportunities for future employment. 

Community Independent Living Services (CILP)

Provides living arrangements with instruction relating to independent living skills in an apartment leased by PathPoint in Thousand Oaks. 

CILP Intensive

Offers 3 hours a day of intensive instruction and support either in the morning and/or the evening. The CILP Intensive Program is designed for individuals who need more intensive instruction and support, for example with taking medication. 

Independent Living Services (ILS)

Provides 10-20 hours per month of one-on-one instruction and support pertaining to living skills. 

Supported Living Services (SLS)

Provides an opportunity for individuals to experience independence while receiving moderate to intensive support to help them achieve success in their own home. Hours of support varies based upon individual needs and availability, up to 15 hours per day. 

1. PUENTES/BRIDGES provides support for transition-age youth with an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) and their families (who are currently being served by the Regional Center) in understanding the transition process from school services to adult services, and into the workforce using transition planning. PUENTES works side-by-side with families and their student to connect them to resources and services that will help in achieving the goals of the student after completing high school. Contact: puentes.tricounties@pathpoint.org or (805) 885-9257.