Facility-Based Work Service Program

This Lakeside Curative Services' program is designed to provide people with developmental disabilities a safe, integrated work setting. The goals are three fold:

1. provide employment
2. provide quality of life
3. help people with developmental disabilities to reach their maximum potential

The LCS Facility-Based Work Service Program Details

• The program is offered five days a week, closes on selected holidays, and has no shutdowns.
• Vacations requested by the employee are approved by the appropriate supervisor/case manager.
• Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Hours can be adjusted to meet the employees’ needs
• Semi-annual reviews are scheduled to determine if the Facility-Based Work Service is the appropriate program for the employee.

The Facility-Based Work Service is offered at 2503 Lincolnwood Court. The building meets all ADA requirements. Services are available to non-English speaking people and hearing impaired clients. We currently have members on staff that can communicate through Spanish and through sign language. If the signers cannot perform to the level required, outside interpreters will be brought in.

Our program has been designed by using the standards set by CARF. This is an accreditation that guarantees you, as an agency, that we meet the standards expected from a vocational service provider.

The participants are respected employees of Lakeside Curative Services.

• They earn a paycheck for each week worked 
• They earn a day of paid vacation for every three hundred work hours based on their average work day
• They earn a piece rate based on a commensurate wage rate of $7.36 per hour. This rate provides a better wage than other organizations that may use a piece rate formula of lesser value.
• They work on a variety of tasks that are provided through our sub-contract work which includes
  • packaging
  • light assembly
  • labeling
  • collating
  • repacking.

These jobs provide varying functioning and interest levels. Individuals are given appropriate work schedules based on their abilities. At intervals when work is unavailable or limited, due to lack of customer demand, the consumers are engaged in other vocational rehabilitative services/training such as:

• social skills training
• life skills training
• employment
• skills training

This training is non-paid, but it serves a beneficial purpose in the development of positive worker traits. These services are designed to increase the consumers’ abilities through a wide range of activities including educational games, classroom instruction, and media training.

LCS’ Facility-Based Services also helps to develop appropriate social circles.

The development of friendships within the facility and community are essential to gaining quality of life. LCS assists in development of these social circles by hosting events like:

• picnics
• monthly employee luncheons
• Christmas parties
• support groups

Lastly, the vocational staff assists people with developmental disabilities reach their maximum potential.

Most of our employees are encouraged to use the public transportation system, but the option to use specialized transportation can be coordinated by the LCS staff. While no one in our Facility-Based Work Service will be pressured to move on to other programming, a person’s needs and desires are always taken into consideration. LCS currently has twenty Community sites that are available for continued training and/or employment for the individuals in our Facility-Based Program.