Northern Hills Training Center Job Shop

The Northern Hills Job Shop helps people find employment.  The goal is to help people find and prepare for the job of their choice.  The Job Shop currently offers 7 work crew opportunities.  The work crews are available as a transition step for people who someday would like to work independently in the community.  People can choose from the following: 

• A cleaning crew that works at a variety of different community businesses
• A crew that cleans the city park bathrooms
• An evening cleaning crew
• A yard crew that works for the city of Spearfish
• A crew that works for Apex Construction
• A crew that works at Kid Konnection, a local daycare
• A crew that runs a thrift store called Treasure Island
• NHTC's home and office cleaning business/crew

All work crews are supervised by a job coach.

 As a result of prevocational and vocational training and skill acquisition, there are approximately 15 people who work independently in the community.  They receive only limited job coaching and assistance.

The Job Shop takes referrals from Vocational Rehabilitation in Spearfish, Belle Fourche, Sturgis and the surrounding communities.  The employment specialist works with these individuals to perform evaluations or to find employment.  To learn more about vocational rehabilitation services, go to http://dhs.sd.gov/drs/vocrehab/vr.aspx. 

The Job Shop also works with the Family Support 360 PLANS program in the area of employment services. To learn more about PLANS, go to http://dhs.sd.gov/dd/plansindex.aspx.

Northern Hills training Center is an employment network through the Ticket to Work Program.  This allows the agency to work with any person in the community who receives Social Security benefits to help them find employment.  To learn more about this program, go to http://www.yourtickettowork.com.