What Is Work Internship/Exploration?

This training service is offered at WEDCO Employment Center for any of your clients who are not currently enrolled with RSA/VR and who may be thinking of pursuing or preparing for employment.

This WIE training is similar to what was known by many as “World of Work” training offered by some local agencies in the past. This service is to assist individuals in understanding the value and meaning of work, making informed vocational decisions, and making a decision to pursue or prepare for employment. This service may include an unpaid work experience, but does not involve paid work.

Clients (students) enrolled in our training classes will receive instruction and guidance in the following areas:

· Effective stress management/ conflict resolution in the workplace

· Orientation to the world of work, including the advantages and disadvantages of work

· Meaning, value, and demands of work

· Work ethics

• Appropriate work behaviors and consequences of inappropriate behaviors

Other issues or barriers to consider: when, and if, planning to pursue employment.

Classes are two weeks

long, M-Th, from 9 am-1 pm, with Fridays being open for special needs/services. All classes are held at our Training Centers.

How Do I Enroll?

Talk with your Case Manager or call us at one of the numbers below. We encourage all Case Managers to speak with their clients about these WIE classes and hope they are able to take advantage of this service at WEDCO.