Individualized Support to Complete Steps in the Employment and Vocational Training Track

CWP Employment & Engagement Specialists meet one-on-one with members to collaboratively set goals and objectives, and then help them meet those goals and objectives with hands-on assistance and coaching. We offer a variety of exciting and helpful classes taught by professional instructors, options for individualized growth in our Career Centers, and weekly individualized support, including mock interviews, based on the “step” agreed upon with the DHS Family Coaches. Click here to see what we offer specifically for your step: Program Steps

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We also work with members to remove barriers to employment by connecting them to our consortium services and other community resources. We continue to engage with members who have been placed in jobs for up to 90 days. 

Career Centers

Our Career Centers are currently closed. We still offer many services remotely, please talk to your Employment & Engagement Specialist about options.

Click here to see what we offer specifically for your step: Program Steps

Life and Work-Focused Classes and Workshops

CWP’s professional instructors support members on their personal growth journey through classes in life skills, career mapping, resume writing and interviewing skills, and English as a Second Language learning. We also offer free access to a curriculum to help members bridge between foundational education and the job market or GED levels. We offer online classes and one-one-one coaching over the phone and email, during this public health crisis. Ask your Employment & Engagement Specialist to be connected with our team of instructors. 

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CWP also offers free online access  to curriculum specifically designed to prepare participants for Oregon’s National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) exam, which is recognized by a growing number of employers in Oregon and across the country, as a proof of workplace readiness. The NCRC is a portable certificate delivered based on the assessment of three foundational workplace skills, measuring what applicants can do rather than what they know: applied mathematics, reading for information and locating information. The exam will be available at CWP when our Career Centers reopen. For members interested in the GED, CWP can support them in finding the right educational resources for preparing and taking the exam. 

Overcoming Background Barriers

CWP supports members who have background barriers such as criminal convictions to prepare for employment. This includes individual sessions to review criminal history and draft a disclosure letter, and referrals to service providers who may help with expungements and other barrier removal services. Talk to your Employment & Engagement Specialist about background barriers you may have. 

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We also work with members to remove barriers to employment by connecting them to our consortium services and other community resources.

Supporting Wellness 

CWP supports members who have medical or behavioral health issues that prevent them from participating in the employment or vocational training track. Our support consists of an initial assessment, developing a care plan in coordination with the member’s health providers and working with members through completing the care plan. We can accompany members to their healthcare appointments and act as their advocate, helping with communication with the healthcare providers, if desired.

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We only work with CWP members who have signed a release of information that enables us to review their health files and talk to their health providers.  We also work with members to remove other barriers to employment by connecting them to our consortium services and other community resources.

Culturally Specific Career Development Program

CWP runs a program that uses a culturally specific, community-based and collaborative approach to help African American/Black-identifying members build practical work and personal foundation and coaching through to employment and self-sufficiency. This is a unique approach that brings together cohorts of CWP members for one-year engagements in life skills classes, workshops, coaching and career exploration activities, on a weekly basis. We also work with members to remove barriers to employment by connecting them to our consortium services and other community resources. 

Support with Other Barriers to Employment

CWP connects members who have barriers to employment with a large range of relevant resources to get their needs met. Services are offered by the agencies in the CWP consortium and by other community resources. CWP Engagement & Employment Specialists are able to provide basic information about the services offered and connect members to the service providers for follow up.