Beechwood Continuing Care
At its beautiful location, Beechwood Continuing Care provides a classroom for the participating interns along with employees who serve as professional mentors. The team consists of a teacher, teacher’s aide, and two job coaches to meet the educational and training needs of the interns. Job placement is the goal of Project SEARCH®. The team helps each intern define career goals.
Types of Internships Offered
- Gift shop
- Direct care with Beechwood residents
- Recreation activities
- Clerical/office work
- Food preparation
- Dining services
- Laundry service
- Inventory support
- Maintenance
Typical Daily Schedule
Project SEARCH operates Monday - Friday, 8:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Interns attend morning employability skills classes at Beechwood. Lessons are based on daily living skills like finances, nutrition, and resume writing. Interns then participate in 3 unpaid job rotations throughout Beechwood, each for 10 - 12 weeks.
Mobility (transportation) training is scheduled monthly as part of the program.
Partnerships
- Beechwood Continuing Care
- The Summit Center
- Aspire of WNY
- Erie1 BOCES
- NYS OPWDD
- ACCES-VR
Contact Information
Erin Richeal
(716) 821-7022
ericheal@e1b.org
Learn more about Project SEARCH at Beechwood Continuing Care!