What is a Community-Based Assessment?
A Community-Based Assessment (CBA) is an opportunity for your organization to invite a person exploring career options to come to your place of business to “try on” an existing job or perform a combination of work-related tasks. By allowing Community-Based Assessments at your place of business, you are giving Achieva community employment specialists the opportunity to get to know how your organization operates and develop a relationship with you to learn about your needs. As we learn about your organization’s needs, we may be able to offer other services at no cost. Through the process of conducting a Community-Based Assessment, you have an opportunity to gain a greater understanding about your organization from a unique perspective. Plus, there’s the added bonus of giving someone in your community the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the working world.
How Does It Work?
To get started, an Achieva community employment specialist sets up an appointment to tour your workplace to learn about what you do and how you do it and to see what positions and tasks might make sense for assessment. You and the community employment specialist will discuss the types of tasks that will be assessed, the length and scheduling of the assessment and any other issues that are important to maximize the success of the assessment for your organization and for the individual. The community employment specialist stays with the individual during the entire assessment.
CBA’s are designed to be individual experiences, but Achieva is also open to partnering to design a group tour of your business as well.
We partner with a variety of industries:
- Agriculture
- Animal Shelters
- Business Services
- Cleaning & Janitorial
- Colleges, Universities & Schools
- County Government
- Entertainment
- Fitness
- Foundations & Non-Profits
- Hotels, Motels & Tourism
- Manufacturing
- Nursing Homes/Hospitals
- Religious Organizations
- Restaurants
- Retail
