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Project SEARCH® Arkansas: ACCESS® Initiative in partnership with Arkansas Rehabilitation Services is an international nine-month internship program for young adults with developmental disabilities who desire sustainable, competitive employment. Project SEARCH provides real-life work experiences combined with training in employability and independent living skills.

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Departments of St. Bernards Healthcare that Project SEARCH is currently active in and skills interns will learn from each:

Admissions

Customer Service skills
Navigation skills
Socialization skills
Communication skills
Data Entry skills

Cancer Center

Customer Service skills
Cleaning skills
Interpersonal Communication skills
Self-Direction skills
Teamwork

Central Supply

Navigation skills
Customer Service skills
Problem Solving skills
Organizational skills
Time Management skills
Independent skills
Physical Endurance

Engineering/Groundskeeping

Cleaning skills
Adaptability
Teamwork
Critical Thinking skills
Collaboration

EVS -Floor Tech

Tele-Communication
Self-Direction
Independent skills
Attention to Detail
Critical Thinking skills

Food and Nutritional Services

Teamwork
Interpersonal Communication skills
Attention to Detail
Food Prep skills

Health & Wellness

Cleaning skills
Food Prep/Kitchen skills
Interpersonal Communication
Organizational skills
Time management
Teamwork

Hospice Business Office

Data Entry skills
Computer skills
Office skills
Communication skills
Organizational skills
Attention to Detail
Writing skills
Critical Thinking
Independent skills
Scanning

Host/Hostess (Nutritional Services)

Time management skills
Customer Service skills
Navigation skills
Adaptability
Independent skills
Physical Endurance

EVS - Housekeeping

Cleaning skills
Organizational skills
Navigation skills
Time Management skills
Attention to Detail
Independent skills
Physical Endurance

Human Resources

Computer skills
Scanning
Data Entry
Office skills
Organizational skills
Attention to Detail
Independent skills

EVS - Laundry

Teamwork
Physical endurance
Independent skills
Adaptability
Collaboration

Medical Records

Scanning
Data Entry
Computer skills
Office skills
Organizational skills
Attention to Detail
Phone skills
Writing skills
Independent skills
Critical Thinking skills

Print Shop

Filing
Problem Solving skills
Attention to Detail
Sorting
Collaboration

Senior Life Center

Cleaning skills
Food/Kitchen skills
Customer Service skills
Small Money Management skills
Serving skills
Time Management

Sterile Processing

Sorting
Cleaning skills
Attention to Detail
Organizational skills
Independent skills
Collaboration
Critical Thinking skills

Surgery

Cleaning skills
Teamwork
Attention to Detail
Time Management skills
Adaptability
Organizational skills

Total Life Healthcare

Customer Service skills
Teamwork
Collaboration
Cleaning skills
Food & Kitchen skills
Serving skills

Transport

Tele-Communication skills
Logging
Written Skills
Teamwork
Independent skills
Physical Endurance
Time Management skills
Navigation skills

In the fall of 2017 St. Bernards Healthcare welcomed 8 interns as part of the St. Bernards Project SEARCH internship program. St. Bernards partners with Arkansas Rehabilitation Services and ACCESS to help participants develop skills for competitive employment. Interns take part in three ten-week internships at St. Bernards during the 9-month program. Upon completion of the program, Project SEARCH graduates receive follow-along services to assist them on the job. Click below to see just how special this program is and has been for our 2019 Project SEARCH graduates.

Project SEARCH Business Affiliations – these are businesses we have assisted in obtaining employment for graduates while they were with Project SEARCH.

Acme Brick
Aramark – Jonesboro Public Schools
Arkansas Continued Care Hospital – Nutritional
ASU – Materials Management
Chicken Salad Chick
City of Jonesboro
- Community Centers; The Y, Earle Bell
- Concessions
- Human Resources
- Parks and Recreation
Craighead County Nursing Center
Embassy Suites
First Baptist Church
Food Smart
Goodwill
Harps
Jonesboro Public Library
Kroger
Miracle Kids
NEA Baptist Hospital
Olive Garden
Sams Club
Smoothie King
St. Bernards Medical Center
- Admissions
- EVS Laundry
- EVS Transport
- Health and Wellness
- Hospice House
- Nutritional Services
- Senior Life Center
- Sterile Processing
- Surgery
Tiger Correctional
TJ Maxx
Twisted Dough
Walgreens
Walmart
Westside High School

Founded in 1996, Project SEARCH’s proven training and employment model is currently used in more than 400 programs spanning six countries and multiple industries. The model was developed at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Learn more about Project SEARCH Arkansas: ACCESS Initiative in partnership with Arkansas Rehabilitation Services at http://projectsearcharkansas.or g.