Fayette FRN - Employment Assistance

Helps people with disabilities prepare for, maintain, or advance in competitive employment, vocational rehabilitation services, job training, rehabilitation therapy and other support services to people with disabilities. Services available through local Department of Rehabilitation office, as well as at the residential location in Institute, WV.

Charleston Job Corps Center
1000 Kennawa Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
304-925-3200
Contact: Reception

Offers comprehensive residential, education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16 through 24. Provides young people with the integrated academic, vocational, and social skills training they need to gain independence and get quality, long-term jobs or further their education.

Goodwill Industries

Administrative Office

15810 Indianola Drive
Rockville, MD 20855
1-800-741-0186

Local Offices:

Goodwill Industries - Beckley

112 Appalachian Drive
Beckley, WV 25801
256-0802
Hours: Mon-Sat 9-5
Sunday 12-5

Goodwill Industries - Summersville

225 Merchants Walk Mall
Summersville, WV 26651
(304)872-0052
Hours: Mon-Sat 9-8
Sunday 12-5

Provides education, training, and career services for people with disadvantages, such as welfare dependency, homelessness, and lack of education or work experience, as well as those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities. Also offers Work Adjustment Training, Occupational Skills Training, Competitive Job Placement, Supported Employment, Extended (Sheltered) Employment, Community Based Vocational Services- Exploration, Assessment, Training. Occasionally employment opportunities are available at locations other than the Goodwill Thrift Shops.

WV Bureau of Employment

Beckley WORKFORCE WV Career Center & Beckley Job Service
200 Value City Center
Beckley, WV 25802
256-6792

Summersville Job Service

806 Broad Street
Summersville, WV 26651
872 0820
Contact: Varies. Reception can guide, depending on need of individual.

All services are free of charge. Services Include:

General Services:
General services include outreach, interviewing, testing, counseling and referral to placement, training and other services designed to ready individuals for employment. Specialized services for various groups, such as the following, are provided:

Veterans' Services:
By law and regulation veterans receive priority (with preferential treatment for veterans with disabilities) in all services leading to employment and training.

Youth Services:
Services are geared to provide employment assistance to youths between the ages of 16 and 22 who are in school, are high school dropouts or are graduates entering the labor market.

Older Workers:
Middle-aged and older workers are provided all services within the scope and responsibility of Job Service, including specialized job placement, occupational testing, local labor market information, counseling and referral to training and employment programs.

Services to People With Disabilities:
Special placement techniques are also offered which seek to match the physical and mental demands of a job to the capabilities of workers with disabilities. Such services are given by Job Service in cooperation with other community agencies and include counseling and special placement assistance.

Farm and Woods Workers:
Rural residents receive year-round assistance in the full range of employment services. They also receive special services in recruitment and placement of farm and woods workers. Growers receive assistance in meeting seasonal labor needs and moving workers from supply to demand areas.

Help for Employers:
Employers are provided assistance in obtaining workers for their workforce needs, in filling jobs with special skills or other requirements. Auxiliary services include comprehensive labor market information on a local, state, regional and national basis.

Temporary Income/Unemployment Compensation:

Unemployment compensation provides temporary income as partial compensation to unemployed worker. Unemployment Compensation guidelines are developed by federal government and the U.S. Department of Labor. Unemployment funds are paid by funds collected under provision of Federal Unemployment Tax Act.

Kelly Temp Employment Services

155 George St.
Beckley, WV 25801
252-9052
Contact: Varies/Reception

Provides job skills assessment and temporary-to-permanent job placement. No Fee for services.

Adecco Employment Services
88 Brookshire Lane
Beckley, WV 25801
252-5627
Contact: Reception

Provides job skills assessment and temporary-to-permanent job placement. No fee for services.

Saunders Staffing Services

1205 S. Kanawha St.
Beckley, WV 25801
256-0560
Contact: Reception

Employment contracting firm, provides permanent placement, specializing in Clerical, Sales, Medical, Industrial, and Technical fields.

SPOKES (Strategic Planning in Occupational Knowledge for Employment and Success)

1400 Virginia Street
Oak Hill, WV 25901
465-9613

DHHR sponsored 6 week job readiness program that includes skills assessment testing, community awareness, personal management, consumer economics, motivation and assertiveness training. Must be referred by DHHR or Workforce WV.

Foster Grandparent Program

One United Way Square
Charleston, WV 25301-1098
(304) 340-3500
Kristi Ingram

Must be age 60 and above, meet certain income eligibility guidelines and be able to serve between 15 and 40 hours a week. Foster Grandparents receive pre-service and monthly training sessions, reimbursement for transportation, some meals during service, annual physical, accident and liability insurance while on duty, and a modest, tax-free stipend to offset the cost of volunteering if income eligible.

Experience Works (formerly Green Thumb)

Senior Community Service Employment Program

253-2799
Contact: Debbie Rogers
Judy Prater (872-6954)

Offers training, employment, and community service opportunities for mature workers. Must 55 years of age or older, and meet income guidelines