The Developmental Disability Rehabilitation Center provides many industries in the region with various subcontracting services. For over 35 years, the DD Rehabilitation Center has been involved with many products produced in Southern Illinois. Qualified service recipient workers are combined with experienced supervisors ensuring premium quality and quantity production is maintained.
Each person served in the Work Services program has an Individualized Plan of Service. All of the individual's applicable goals and objectives are met while the person is doing actual paid work activities. The program employs an Operation Manager who is responsible for procuring in-house contract work from small to large industries located throughout the immediate area. A Work Services Coordinator oversees the actual on-site production activities and is responsible for the quality of the work being done as well as various other duties relating to customer satisfaction.
The Work Services Program strives to obtain maximum efficiency consistent with the rehabilitation needs of the service recipients. Individuals are paid commensurate wages based on their abilities compared to industry standards and compensation scales. Individuals are paid bi-monthly and receive additional work-related benefits such as vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay.
The Work Services Program works in cooperation with the Community Employment and Job Placement Services Programs to identify persons who are ready for a less restrictive work environment. Therefore, individuals who have achieved the necessary work skills to move into an agency or independent community worksite are encouraged to do so.
The target population for the program are individuals 18 years of age or older with a developmental disability.
